November 30: In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Watch for little Liza Minnelli in the ending scene.
November 30: In the Good Old Summertime (1949)Remember The Shop Around the Corner, our feature on Nov 29th? This is the reworked version of this story, used as a vehicle for Judy Garland. The counter-intuitive title notwithstanding, In the Good Old Summertime is pretty much the same 'Christmas in the shop' story as the original. It's just the characters have changed, the setting is now Chicago, the period is Americana 1900, and the story has plot devices that are used to provide the musical source to Judy's songs. This time the two battling unbeknownst lovers are Judy and Van Johnson. S.Z. Sakall is the shop owner and his long-suffering and devoted secretary is the sweet Spring Byington and his long-suffering and incompentant nephew is played by Buster Keaton. Judy does her trademark musical numbers and the emoting drama -- and Van does the acting without the singing along. I much prefer her in either The Harvey Girls (no Christmas setting) or Meet Me in St. Louis (the feature later on). I know this is a favorite with many, so of course I'll include it here. Watch for little Liza Minnelli in the ending scene. Repeat blog from December 2017
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