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In the Good Old Summertime is a 1949 Technicolor musical filmdirected by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Judy Garland, Van Johnsonand S.Z. Sakall.
The film is a musical adaptation of the 1940 film, The Shop Around the Corner, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring James Stewartand Margaret Sullavan, and written by Miklós László based on his 1937 play Parfumerie. For In the Good Old Summertime, the locale has been changed from 1930s Budapest to turn-of-the-century Chicago, but the plot remains the same.
Plot
Veronica Fisher (Judy Garland) enters Oberkugen's music shop, looking for work. Although Otto Oberkugen (S. Z. Sakall) is reluctant to take on more staff, she wins a job by persuading a wealthy matron, through her singing and musical expertise, to buy a harp at almost $25 over Oberkugen's list price. Neither she nor Andrew Larkin (Van Johnson), the shop's senior salesman, suspects that they are each other's anonymous pen pal. They bicker constantly at work although becoming increasingly attracted to each oth
Heck! everything ole is new again..Posted by Yvonne @ La Petite Gallery
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How I love the old movies. James Stewart, Judy Garland, GENE KELLY (my crush) and so many more. Everything old IS new again, but with more daring attempts to retell the human experience. Give me quaint, give me the musicals when people burst into song and dance; I'll take that any day over too much violence and the "reality" of base human nature. Give me Fred Astaire.
ReplyDeleteThe "oldies" (old movies, old songs, old dances) are always a pleasant way of escapism from the harsh reality we live in.
ReplyDeleteI love the old movies, especially the song and dance films!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Love love, Andrew. Bye.
I can not believe how many old movies I still love, and yet I can hardly remember any of the current modern movies over the last 20 years? Oh well a few because they had some of my favorite actors in them like Meryl Streep otherwise, the old musicals and B & W's are the best..
ReplyDeleteI grew up watching American Musicals as my Dad was a musician and my Mum was a singer and they both loved the music. I still love watching them today ! Hope you are well Yvonne XXXX
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