Words and Music

Rodgers (Tom Drake) was straight­ arrow and married Janet Leigh; Hart (Mickey Rooney) was a diminutive unhappy clown. This was their life? But: Rooney sings 'Manhattan, 'Judy Garland 'Johnny One Note', Lena Horne 'The Lady is a Tramp' and 'Where or When', June Allyson 'Thou Swell', Perry Coma 'Mountain Greenery', Mei Tormé 'Blue Moon' and Gene Kelly dances 'Slaughter on 10th Avenue' with Vera-Allen. You end up grateful tor Rodgers & Hart if not for M.G.M. (National Film Theatre, London)