Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars


MGM, 1943, B/W, 104 minutes, ***½

Released April, 1943



Charming and refreshing little tale with Judy Garland as a persistent actress who sets her heart on making it big on Broadway. Van Heflin is the producer whom she consistently nags. Musical highlights include "Ev'ry Little Movement (Has a Meaning of Its Own)" and "When I Look at You". Marta Eggerth, Bob Crosby and Tommy Dorsey are also onhand for more musical treats.



Producer: Joe Pasternak

Director: Norman Taurog

Screenplay: Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman

(based on the novel by Booth Tarkington)

Music Director: George Stoll

Song Score: Jurmann, Webster, Harburg, Lane, and Edens

Choreography: Ernst Matray

Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Harry McAfee

Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis

Gowns: Shoup

Sound: Douglas Shearer, Norwood A. Fenton

Special Effects: Warren Newcombe

Director of Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg

Film Editing: Albert Akst



Cast: Judy Garland [Lily Mars], Van Heflin [John "Thorny" Thornway], Fay Bainter [Mrs. Thornway], Richard Carlson [Owen Vail], Spring Byington [Mrs. Mars], Martra Eggerth [Isobel Rekay], Connie Gilchrist [Frankie], Leonid Kinskey [Leo], Patricia Barker [Poppy], Janet Chapman [Violet], Annabelle Logan [Rosie], Douglas Croft [Davey], Ray McDonald [Charlie Potter], Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra [Themselves], Bob Crosby and His Orchestra [Themselves], The Wilde Twins [Themselves], Charles Walters [Specialty Dancer], Joe Yule [Mike, the stage doorman], Gus Schilling [Scotty], Almira Sessions [Boarding House Owner]



Musical Program: [0:24] Is It Love (Or the Gypsy in Me?) (sung by Marta Eggerth); [0:33] Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (sung by Judy Garland); [0:48] Ev'ry Little Movement (Has a Meaning of Its Own) (sung by Judy Garland and Mary Kent dubbing for Connie Gilchrist); [0:50] When I Look at You (sung by Marta Eggerth); [1:06] When I Look at You (sung by Marta Eggerth); [1:10] When I Look at You (ballad version sung by Judy Garland with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra); [1:10] Caro Nome (When I Look at You) (comedy version sung by Judy Garland with Bob Crosby and His Orchestra); [1:08] When You Think of Lovin', Baby, Think of Me (Bob Crosby and His Orchestra with the Wilde Twins); [1:24] Kulebiaka (sung by Marta Eggerth, reprised by Judy Garland); [1:38] Where There's Music (Judy Garland and Chorus); [1:40] Three O'Clock in the Morning (Judy Garland and Chorus); [1:41] Broadway Rhythm (danced by Judy Garland and Charles Walters, sung by Judy Garland with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra and the MGM Studio Chorus)