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For Me and My Gal

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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For Me and My Gal  (1942)

(Busby Berkeley, US 1942, 103 min., 35mm)

We kick off our Judy Garland centennial celebration, while also providing our monthly entry in the Make Mine Musicals series, with this wartime musical, which provided Judy with her first adult role. She was paired with Gene Kelly in his screen debut, a touching, dramatic musical about an up-and-coming vaudeville duo dreaming of stardom on the eve of World War I. Already an accomplished choreographer and theater actor, Kelly intended to return to Broadway after this film, but its smash success convinced him to stay in Hollywood. The friendship between Garland and Kelly lasted until her death and provided a support system for Judy later in her career, making Summer Stock possible.  Post-film discussion with Michael Lasser.

 

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$7 members
$10 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

Advance tickets encouraged.

Patrons must show proof of COVID vaccination (regardless of age), photo ID and wear masks. 

 

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

Make Mine Musicals

Michael Lasser, longtime radio host of Fascinatin’ Rhythm, scholar, writer, and expert of The Great American Songbook, returns in 2022 to take us through some of his favorite musicals.

Judy @ 100

Over the last one hundred years, no one has symbolized the art and craft of cinema more than Judy Garland. Many of the lasting, iconic images we have of classic Hollywood feature Judy Garland, who appeared in over thirty feature films, a handful of shorts, and several television programs (including her own). Last year, The Dryden Theatre screened some of her best-known color musicals.

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