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Movie
Presenting Lily Mars
Synopsis
A Booth Tarkington novel was the source for the so-so Judy Garland musical Presenting Lily Mars. Garland plays the title character, a small-town girl with big-city ambitions. She heads to Broadway hoping for stardom, but after a series of disappointments the best she can manage is an understudy job. That's right, folks: the star walks out on opening night, Lily goes on in her place, and the audience boos and throws rotten tomatoes (just kidding: Lily's a sensation, of course). Van Heflin costars as a young producer who falls in love with Lily, but who avoids bestowing upon her instant stardom for fear of being accused of favoritism. Naturally, Judy Garland gets to sing a lot, and whenever she does the picture soars; other musical acts include the orchestras of Bob Crosby and Tommy Dorsey.
Cast
- Judy Garland
- Van Heflin
- Fay Bainter
- Richard Carlson
- Spring Byington
- Marta Eggerth
- Connie Gilchrist
- Leonid Kinskey
- Patricia Barker
- Janet Chapman
- Annabelle Logan
- Douglas Croft
- Ray McDonald
- Marilyn Maxwell
- Bob Crosby
- Edwin B. Willis
- Ernst Matray
- Cedric Gibbons
- Gladys Lehman
- Joseph Ruttenberg
- Albert Akst
- George Stoll
- Harry McAfee
- Richard A. Pefferle
- Richard Connell
- Booth Tarkington
- Warren Newcombe
- Howard Shoup