Judy Garland Celebrates Civic Center's Birthday
Judy Garland, Nancy Walker, Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra star in George Gershwin’s 1943 classic film “GIRL CRAZY” which The Park Theatre will show at the Civic Center following the judging of cupcakes in the annual “Night of 1,000 Cupcakes”. The film is sponsored by Judy and Abe Collier and Webber Energy Fuels and will be shown in the Jaffrey Civic Center Auditorium at 8:30 pm.
Mickey Rooney figures out a delicate situation between
Judy Garland and an old flame.
Based on Gershwin’s hit Broadway musical, the storyline follows spoiled playboy (Rooney), who is pulled out of college and sent west to an all-male school of mines and agriculture by his newspaper publisher father, in an attempt to find a more suitable study environment for his son. Upon arrival Rooney meets the dean’s granddaughter (Garland) and together they stage a musical rodeo, (Directed by Busby Berkeley) in an effort to save the school from financial peril. Among the Gershwin favorites are Garland’s renditions of “Embraceable You,” “I’m Bidin’ My Time,” “I Got Rhythm,” and the sadly beautiful, “But Not for Me.” In addition, Rooney shines at the piano, backed by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with “Fascinating Rhythm.”
