Lady Be Good

film by McLeod [1941]

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discussed in biography
- In Norman Z. McLeod: Middle years
  With Lady Be Good (1941), he returned to the more comfortable territory of musical comedy. It featured such top-name performers as Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Red Skelton, and Robert Young, and Busby Berkeley staged the impressive dance numbers. Next was Jackass Mail
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Oscar for best song, 1941

Berkeley
- In Busby Berkeley: Later films
  …three films: Ziegfeld Girl (1941), Lady Be Good (1941), and Born to Sing (1942). For Me and My Gal (1942) was all his, with Gene Kelly and Garland as 1915 vaudeville performers. It was a hit, but there was friction between Berkeley and Garland. That tension and going over budget…
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Hammerstein
- In Oscar Hammerstein II
  …Time I Saw Paris” from Lady Be Good (1941) and “It Might as Well Be Spring” from State Fair (1945). In addition, he received three Tony Awards for South Pacific and one for The King and I.
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