Summer Stock (1950)

Director:

Charles Walters

Writers:

Sy Gomberg (story)
George Wells (writer) ...
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Release Date:

22 January 1951 (Sweden)

Genre:

Musical | Romance

Plot:

A small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne'er-do-well sister.

Plot Keywords:

Glasses | Tap Dancing | Egg | Kiss | Singing

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Judy Garland	...	Jane Falbury
Gene Kelly	...	Joe D. Ross
Eddie Bracken	...	Orville Wingait
Gloria DeHaven	...	Abigail Falbury (as Gloria De Haven)
Marjorie Main	...	Esme
Phil Silvers	...	Herb Blake
Ray Collins	...	Jasper G. Wingait
Nita Bieber	...	Sarah Higgins
Carleton Carpenter	...	Artie
Hans Conried	...	Harrison I. Keath
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Adcock	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Erville Alderson	...	Zeb (uncredited)
Bette Arlen	...	Show girl (uncredited)
George Bunny	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns	...	Frank (uncredited)
Roy Butler	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Bridget Carr	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Michael Chapin	...	A boy (uncredited)
Jeanne Coyne	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Joan Dale	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Jack Daley	...	Producer (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn	...	Sheriff (uncredited)
Eugene Freedley	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Jack Gargan	...	Clerk (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant	...	Producer (uncredited)
Carol Haney	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Betty Hannon	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Dickie Humphreys	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr	...	A Boy (uncredited)
Rena Lennart	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Arthur M. Loew Jr.	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Frank Pharr	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Don Powell	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Elynne Ray	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Marilyn Reiss	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Joe Roach	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Albert Ruiz	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Almira Sessions	...	Constance Fliggerton (uncredited)
Kathryn Sheldon	...	Amy Fliggerton (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson	...	Producer (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Jimmy Thompson	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Joanne Tree	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle	...	Stock company member (uncredited)
Bunny Waters	...	Show girl (uncredited)
Carol West	...	Stock company member (uncredited)

Directed by
Charles Walters

Writing credits
Sy Gomberg		(story)
George Wells		(writer) and
Sy Gomberg		(writer)

Produced by
Joe Pasternak	....	producer

Cinematography by
Robert H. Planck		(director of photography) (as Robert Planck)

Film Editing by
Albert Akst

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett

Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist designer
William Tuttle	....	makeup designer (as William J. Tuttle)
Dorothy Ponedel	....	key makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joel Freeman	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Leslie H. Martinson	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Alfred E. Spencer	....	associate set decorator

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording supervisor

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Helen Rose	....	costumes: Gloria DeHaven

Editorial Department
James Gooch	....	color consultant: Technicolor
Henri Jaffa	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department
Saul Chaplin	....	musical director
Johnny Green	....	musical director
Skip Martin	....	orchestrator
Conrad Salinger	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Nick Castle	....	dance stager
Leslie H. Martinson	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

If You Feel Like Singing (UK)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #14515) | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The number "Get Happy" was filmed several months after the rest of the film at which time Judy Garland was a great deal lighter than she was during the rest of the filming.

Goofs:

Continuity: Very early in the film Jane is upstairs singing while she is getting dressed. She sits down to put on her shoes and socks. The shoes are brown loafer style. When she heads down the stairs, the shoes are a black heeled boot style.

Quotes:

Joe D. Ross: We're trying to tell a story with music, and song, and dance. Well, not just with words. For instance, if the boy tells the girl that he loves her, he just doesn't say it, he sings it.
Jane Falbury: Why doesn't he just say it?
Joe D. Ross: Why? Oh, I don't know, but it's kind of nice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Boys in the Band (1970)

Soundtrack:

Dig-Dig-Dig Dig For Your Dinner

Final Scene "Get Happy"

I actually made a point to see this film after reading about Miss Garland. The final "Get Happy" scene was shot weeks after the film wrapped and Miss Garland was sent to a "clinic"...she was called back only weeks later and fell into a deep depression and was, suppposedly, not in good good shape mentally as she shot that scene but if you notice, she is at least 20 pounds lighter in the scene than the rest of the film. I think this just shows how brilliant Miss Garland really was, to be so troubled but still nail the scene and song that would later be a staple in her act...she truly had something in her that few have ever and will ever possess.