Words and Music

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.

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  Tom Drake

  Richard Rodgers
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  Mickey Rooney

  Lorenz Hart
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  Janet Leigh

  Dorothy Feiner
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  Marshall Thompson

  Herbert Fields
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  Betty Garrett

  Peggy Lorgan McNeil
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  Jeanette Nolan

  Mrs. Hart
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  Ann Sothern

  Joyce Harmon
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  Perry Como

  Eddie Lorrison Anders
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  Cyd Charisse

  Margo Grant
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  Richard Quine

  Ben Feiner Jr.