In the Good Old Summertime
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| In the Good Old Summertime | |
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard Buster Keaton (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by | Miklos Laszlo Samson Raphaelson Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Ivan Tors Buster Keaton (uncredited) |
| Starring | Judy Garland Van Johnson S.Z. Sakall Spring Byington Clinton Sundberg Buster Keaton Liza Minnelli |
| Music by | Fred Spielman George Evans Betti O'Dell George E. Stoll Jimmy Wakely |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | July 29, 1949 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,400,000 |
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In the Good Old Summertime is a 1949 musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It starred Judy Garland, Van Johnson and S.Z. Sakall.
The film is a musical adaptation of the 1940 film, The Shop Around the Corner, but is set in the United States at the turn of the 20th century. Garland and Johnson play co-workers who dislike each other, while carrying on a secret pen-pal relationship, without realizing the identity of their pen-pals. It was filmed between October 1948 and January 1949. Garland's three-year-old daughter Liza Minnelli makes her film debut in the musical, walking alongside her mother and Van Johnson during the closing scene.
The film was made during the height of strain on the relationship between Garland and the MGM production company. In the Good Old Summertime was the second to last film that Judy Garland made at MGM (with the final being Summer Stock). MGM terminated Garland's contract in September 1950.
[edit] Trivia
- The film was remade in 1998, as You've Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
- In the Good Old Summertime is also the name of the song created by George Evans and Ren Shields in 1902.
- Garland introduced the Christmas song "Merry Christmas" in this film; it was later covered by Johnny Mathis and Bette Midler.
[edit] External links
- In the Good Old Summertime at the Internet Movie Database
- The Judy Garland Online Discography "In The Good Old Summertime" pages.
