Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars is a 1943 American <a href="/facts/Musical_film/GWjDGYnj">musical</a> <a href="/facts/Comedy_film/uKRYTRP3">comedy film</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Norman_Taurog/ldJSHyXk">Norman Taurog</a>, produced by <a href="/facts/Joe_Pasternak/l05f0PH4">Joe Pasternak</a>, starring <a href="/facts/Judy_Garland/aVWBlL8A">Judy Garland</a> and <a href="/facts/Van_Heflin/6agt63yK">Van Heflin</a>, and based on the 1933 novel by <a href="/facts/Booth_Tarkington/34v6eJBm">Booth Tarkington</a>. The film is often cited as Garland's first film playing an adult role. However, the issue is complicated by the delay in this film's release caused by reshooting the finale, and Garland's brutal work schedule—she was filming <a href="/facts/Girl_Crazy_(1943_film)/wXyPJod9">Girl Crazy</a> and <a href="/facts/For_Me_and_My_Gal_(film)/zH04pNH0">For Me and My Gal</a> at the same time. Also, in <a href="/facts/Little_Nellie_Kelly/b3d6LJA3">Little Nellie Kelly</a>, released in 1940, she plays her character's mother, dying in childbirth. <a href="/facts/Tommy_Dorsey/G3f1Gk4V">Tommy Dorsey</a> and <a href="/facts/Bob_Crosby/lKNygGb8">Bob Crosby</a> appear with their orchestras in this <a href="/facts/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/sQdE9Kg2">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> production.

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Presenting Lily Mars