Haunting the cameras of Hollywood for the last few years has been an impish and rather repulsive face with a decided inclination towards mugging and hogging. That face is Mickey Rooney's gargoyle and exhibitionist extraordinary. True to form, Rooney has mugged and hogged his way through his latest picture. "Babes in Arms," but what is not in the least true to form, he's good! With only Judy Carland and Charles Winninger to help him drag a so-so cast through the script, he has taken the show on his own Napoleonic shoulders and carried it through to Garcia. Along with being able to sing tap-dance play the piano, imitate Roosevelt, and other odd jobs, it might even he said that Rooney can act. His introduction to the problem of smoking a cigar is one of the funniest scenes put on Celluloid in a long time. He is even allowed to go through a tolerable love scene now that the Hays office has found out that the younger generation clinches once or twice before they're twenty-five. All in all, "Babes in Arms" is a top-flight musical, has a plot with a kick, songs with some oomph and Rooney. Wonders will never cease!