Presenting Lily Mars (1943)

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Presenting Lily Mars

“Booth Tarkington’s novel gets the glossy MGM treatment here, so that means the downbeat ending and realistic traumas the characters face are softened and/or jettisoned in favor of a triumphant final bow before the curtain closes/screen fades to black. Presenting Lily Mars is a great showcase for the full breadth of star Judy Garland’s talents even when the rest of the film is flabby, creaky, or generally hokey. But we get to watch Garland belt out “Broadway Rhythm” while dancing with Charles Walters, and it’s hard not to be enamored of a film that provides that chance.   Frankly, the first chunk is stronger and more focused than the rest. The first chunk finds Garland’s Lily Mars, a teenager with dreams of stage stardom, trying to charm a big Broadway producer, Van Heflin in” read more