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Summer Stock is a american film of genre Musical directed by Charles Walters released in USA on 31 august 1950 with Judy Garland
Summer Stock (1950)
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Add to a movie listFor the article about the theatre genre, see Summer stock theatre.
Summer Stock, known as If You Feel Like Singing in the UK, is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical made in 1950. The film was directed by Charles Walters, stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, and features Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, and Phil Silvers. Nicholas Castle Sr was the choreographer.
Judy Garland struggled with many personal problems during filming. Summer Stock proved to be her last MGM movie and her last onscreen pairing with Gene Kelly. MGM terminated Garland's contract - by mutual agreement - in September 1950.
Synopsis
Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) is a farm owner whose actress sister Abigail (Gloria DeHaven) arrives at the family farm with her theater troupe. They need a place to rehearse, and Jane and her housekeeper Esme (Marjorie Main) reluctantly agree to let them use their barn. The actors and actresses, including the director Joe Ross (Gene Kelly), repay her hospitality by doing chores around the farm. Although Joe is engaged to Abigail, he begins to fall in love with Jane after Abigail leaves him in an angry fit. Similarly, although Jane is engaged to Orville (Eddie Bracken), she falls in love with Joe.Actors
Judy Garland
(Jane Falbury)
Gene Kelly
(Joe D. Ross)
Eddie Bracken
(Orville Wingait)
Gloria DeHaven
(Abigail Falbury)
Marjorie Main
(Esme)
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