Summer Holiday

1948
Approved
1h 33m

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5.8/10

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Agnes Moorehead, Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Huston, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Marilyn Maxwell, and Frank Morgan in Summer Holiday (1948)

Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.

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Coming-of-Age Period Drama Musical

Turn-of-the-century Connecticut. Young Richard Miller, from a middle-class family, loves neighbor Muriel despite her father's objections to Richard's revolutionary ideas.Turn-of-the-century Connecticut. Young Richard Miller, from a middle-class family, loves neighbor Muriel despite her father's objections to Richard's revolutionary ideas.Turn-of-the-century Connecticut. Young Richard Miller, from a middle-class family, loves neighbor Muriel despite her father's objections to Richard's revolutionary ideas.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

675

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Summer Holiday (1948) is a 1948 American musical-comedy film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven. The picture is based on the play "Ah, Wilderness!" (1933) by Eugene O'Neill, which had been filmed under that name by MGM in 1935 Ah Wilderness! (1935) with Rooney in a much smaller role, as the younger brother. Though completed in October 1946, this film sat on the shelf until 1948.

Goofs
At the beginning of the "Stanley Steamer" segment Richard Miller (Mickey Rooney) lights the burner in the steamer then gets in and drives away accompanied by several explosions from under the hood. A Stanley Steamer took several minutes to develop steam and could not be driven immediately, also there was nothing under the hood but a burner and a boiler neither of which would cause explosions of the type shown.

Quotes
Richard Miller: Mankind was better off when we lived in the Dark Ages... when everybody went around naked!
Uncle Sid: Well, maybe so. But today it might interfere with your social life.

Connections
Featured in TCM Guest Programmer: Michael Feinstein (2015)

Soundtracks
Our Home Town
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Ralph Blane
Performed by Walter Huston, Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven, Selena Royle (dubbed by Denny Wilson), Agnes Moorehead, Shirley Johns, Michael Kirby, Frank Morgan, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
[Sung by the primary cast in the opening scene montage]

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Featured review

6/10

A 28 year old high school grad?

Musicalization of Ah! Wilderness is okay with Mickey one of the oldest high school graduates you'll ever see. This was a huge flop upon release and coupled with Rooney's next film Words and Music, also a significant money loser, it signaled the end of his reign as a box office champ and a long slide until he reemerged as a character actor in his up and down career.

It's the supporting cast of Huston, Morgan, Selena Royale and Marilyn Maxwell that make the picture worth seeing. Agnes Moorehead, who looks great in the period costumes, is wasted in the part of Cousin Lily which has been reduced from the original.

Even though it's O'Neill's only comedy the original has touches of drama and pathos all of which have been drained from this. Still a pleasant film with gorgeous color and MGM's accustomed quality production values, the clothes in particular are beautiful, but as musicals go this is minor with no memorable songs nor dances.