“Listen, Darling” is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The movie stars Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor, and Walter Pidgeon12. The plot revolves around young Pinkie Wingate (played by Judy Garland) and her friend Buzz (Freddie Bartholomew), who kidnap Pinkie’s widowed mother to prevent her from entering a loveless marriage with the town banker12.
One of the highlights of the film is Judy Garland’s performance of the song “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart”, which later became one of her standards2.