Summer Stock
by Charles Walters, Dave O'Brien, Tex Avery
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Actor: Eddie Bracken, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Marjorie Main, Phil SilversDirector: Charles Walters, Dave O'Brien, Tex Avery
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Dave O'Brien
Writer: Edgar Allan Poe
Writer: George Wells
Writer: Joe Ansen
Writer: Rich Hogan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 67858
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- An entrepreneur tries to turn a New England farm into a theatre.Running Time: 109 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS Rating: NR Age: 012569678583 UPC: 012569678583 Manufacturer No: 67858
DVD Reviews of Summer Stock
DVD Review: JUDY AND GENE; LUCKY TO HAVE EACH OTHER
Summary: 5 Stars
Other reviewers have mentioned how lucky Judy was to have Gene for a friend. I agree. Looking at the two of them you could see the trust and friendship in their eyes. Gene holding her gently with caring hands. Judy warbling beautifully with a hint of sadness, an almost knowing in her eyes. I feel they were lucky to have each other. It was Judy Garland who lobbied hard 10 years earlier for Gene to co-star in " For Me And My Gal".
"Summer Stock" is that usual bit-o-MGM musical fluff. The same bit-o-fluff that Judy had spun into gold so many times before as in "Girl Crazy", "Easter Parade", and the like. It's every bit as good and wholesome family entertainment as Judy and MGM made before, but knowing it was to be her MGM swan song, and the cause of her ultimate rebirth, makes it that much more special and important.
Previous readers mentioned how Kelly would move on to more prestigious endeavors. I would like to mention, so too, Judy. She would only make a handful more precious pictures, but in them were some gems. She would recieve her only adult Oscar nominations for a supporting actress role in "Judgement at Nuremburg," and of course for her ultimate star turn as Esther Blodgett in "A Star Is Born." Isn't it funny how she could get such roles and recieve such recognition only away from MGM.
Post MGM Judy would continue to perform on radio including "The Bob Hope Show," and "The Bing Crosby Show." She would go on to record and sell millions of albums. Her guest starring on, and her own television specials were highly rated, and ultimately preluded her much revered and highly acclaimed "The Judy Garland Show." For you hipsters out there, she was an original member of the Holmby Hills "Rat Pack." But to me, it was her rebirth as a concert diva,artist/singer that showed she had the courage, talent and strength to leave her MGM years behind and forge new ground. She made over a thousand stage appearances. Here are some of her highlights:
*1951 A 4 week engagement at the London Palladium followed by a 6 week extended tour of the British Isles.
*1951 Her legendary record breaking 19 week 2-a-day engagement at New Yorks' famed Palace Theater.
*1952 4 week engagement at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
*1961 Legendary Carnegie Hall performance remembered as the greatest single night in show business.(This concert was taped and later released as a double album. It was the first double album to sell a million copies. It stayed on the charts 94 weeks, 13 weeks at #1 and won 5 Grammy awards including best female vocalist and Album of the Year!)
*1967 Boston Common Concert performed before an estimated audience of 100,000 people.
In 1949, after being fired from "Annie Get Your Gun," top MGM management was ready to toss her to the wolves. Judy was broke, and LB Mayer took it upon himself to see Judy got proper medical treatment that ultimately MGM payed for. Hospitalized, Judy had to relearn how to eat and sleep properly without the use if pills and as a result she got well, but gained weight. Many viewers have harped on her appearance. I agree with a previous reviewer that @ a mere 105 pounds, on Judy, it looks healthy.
Judy, emotionally and physically well again wanted to work, and after the success of "In the Good Old Summertime," MGM was only too eager to oblige. The studio ordered her to lose weight thus restarting that vicious cycle of crash dieting, pill-popping, and all those insecurities and professional problems of the past started to creep back in again.
The MGM brass wasn't pleased with the final picture. Judy, vacationing in Carmel, was called back to bring in a show stopper. Judy agreed as long as it could be "Get Happy." It's obvious that the result was show business magic and that the "Get Happy" number a fitting swan song for Judy. Everyone thought that the "Get Happy" number was most likely filmed earlier on in her career. Wrong-o. On vacation, free from harassment from the studio and the press, the pounds had simply melted away on their own. Although Judy was actually terminated from MGM while filming "Royal Wedding," this was officially her last MGM picture. Goodbye MGM. Hello Mrs. Norman Maine?
FOR ALL GARLAND FANS:
The US Post Office has released the 12th stamp in their Legends of Hollywood series. The Judy Garland stamp is now on sale at your local Post Office. I think its beautifully done and that Judy Garland herself would be pleased. The stamps feature her head shot from an original "A Star Is Born" lobby card with her signature underneath. On the side is a large drawing of her from "The Wizard Of Oz." Its done in yellow and gold tones and will make lovely gifts for my nieces matted in a nice frame.
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