Strike Up the Band (1940)
Directed by Busby Berkeley · 120 min · Comedy, Music, Romance
23.3 TOPICAL score · #4,181 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Strike Up the Band (1940, directed by Busby Berkeley) has a TOPICAL score of 23.3 - ranked 4,181 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and awards, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Sound. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (27 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 16 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 6.6/10 (27 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Sound
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 16 languages
- Still read1,891 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Mickey Rooney (actor #282), Judy Garland (actor #114), June Preisser, William Tracy