Strike Up the Band (1940)

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
Busby Berkeley
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Preisser, William Tracy, Larry Nunn, Paul Whiteman, Margaret Early, Ann Shoemaker, Francis Pierlot, Virginia Brissac, George Lessey, Enid Bennett, Howard Hickman, Sarah Edwards, Milton Kibbee, Helen Jerome Eddy, Jack Albertson, Joe Yule, Lowden Adams, Richard Allen, Eddie Buzard, Elliott Carpenter, Don Castle, Maxine Cook, Vondell Darr, Joe Devlin, Mary Jo Ellis, Roland Got, Lois James, Louise La Planche, Linda Leighton, Lois Lindsay, Margaret Marquis, Mickey Martin, Harry McCrillis, Sidney Miller, Jack Mulhall, Wallace Musselwhite, Sherrie Overton, Dick Paxton, Henry Rackin, Naida Reynolds, Henry Roquemore, Virginia Sale, Helen Seamon, Helen Seamon, Myron Speth, Leonard Sues, Victoria Vinton, Billy Wayne, Douglas Wilson
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