Strike Up the Band
62 %|Sep 27, 1940|Comedy, Music, Romance
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.
Featured Crew
Busby Berkeley
Director
Arthur Freed
Producer
Ray June
Director of Photography
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Screenplay
John Monks Jr.
Screenplay
George Gershwin
Songs
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Cast
Mickey Rooney
Jimmy Connors
Judy Garland
Mary Holden
June Preisser
Barbara Frances Morgan
William Tracy
Phillip Turner
Larry Nunn
Willie Brewster
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
Margaret Early
Annie
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Connors
Francis Pierlot
Mr. Judd
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. May Holden
George Lessey
Mr. Morgan
Enid Bennett
Mrs. Morgan
Howard Hickman
Doctor
Sarah Edwards
Miss Hodges
Milton Kibbee
Mr. Holden
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Brewster
Jack Albertson
Barker (uncredited)
Joe Yule
Ticket Seller at Fair (uncredited)
Lowden Adams
Morgan's Butler
Richard Allen
Policeman
Eddie Buzard
Young Man
Elliott Carpenter
Henry - the Train Porter
Don Castle
Charlie
Maxine Cook
Girl
Vondell Darr
Indian Love Lyrics Student
Joe Devlin
3 Balls 10¢ Attendant
Mary Jo Ellis
Student
Roland Got
Morgan's House Boy
Lois James
Student
Louise La Planche
Student
Linda Leighton
Student
Lois Lindsay
Dancer
Margaret Marquis
'Antony and Cleopatra' Girl
Harry McCrillis
Booper Martin - Tuba Player
Sidney Miller
Sid - a Student
Jack Mulhall
Man Phoning in Constest Winner
Wallace Musselwhite
Student
Sherrie Overton
'Romeo and Juliet' Girl
Dick Paxton
Dick - Second Trumpet Player
Naida Reynolds
Student
Henry Roquemore
Mr. Mollison
Virginia Sale
Music Teacher
Helen Seamon
Student
Helen Seamon
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' Boy
Myron Speth
Student
Leonard Sues
Leonard - Trumpet Player
Victoria Vinton
Student
Billy Wayne
Clown
Douglas Wilson
Student