Words and music [videorecording] / Turner Entertainment Co. ; M-G-M presents a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; produced by Arthur Freed ; screen play by Fred Finklehoffe ; story by Guy Bolton and Jean Holloway ; adaptation by Ben Feiner, Jr. ; musical numbers directed by Robert Alton ; directed by Norman Taurog.
Title from container. June Allyson, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, Ann Sothern, Tom Drake, Cyd Charisse, Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson, Mel Torme, Vera-Ellen. Based on the lives and music of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Special features: Commentary by historian Richard Barrios; new featurette; extensive audio outtakes; vintage short and classic cartoon "Lover;" "You're nearer" outtakes; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
The story of the brilliant but glitchy Lorenz Hart who is disappointed in love by singer Peggy McNeil. He never gets over it and falls apart. Richard Rogers and his wife Dorothy look on in dismay.
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