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Summer Stock Overview:

Summer Stock (1950) was a Musical - Romance Film directed by Charles Walters and produced by Joe Pasternak.

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Basil Rathbone in Summer Stock

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Summer Stock (1950): MGM on a Farm

Idyllic imagery with dogs barking, chickens clucking, and trees rustling in the wind introduce the setting. Judy Garland can be found singing in the shower or helping in the kitchen, alongside the faithful Esme (Marjorie Main). After their hired help pulls out expectantly, the brunt of the work fall... Read full article


Musical Monday: Summer Stock (1950)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Summer Stock (1950) – ... Read full article


On Blu-ray: Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in Summer Stock (1950)

It feels appropriate that Judy Garland’s last MGM musical, the farm-set Summer Stock (1950) was one of those “Let’s put on a show” flicks, even if she was swinging with Gene Kelly instead of Mickey Rooney. Garland comes full circle in a performance made complex by her persona... Read full article


Summer Stock (1950)

via: http://greenroomblog.com/2012/05/28/movie-musical-monday-may-28th-summer-stock/   Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. It’s almost summertime! So this week it’s Summer Stock (1950), starring Judy Garland as Jane Falbury, a dedicated farmer with prodigious but hidden musi... Read full article


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Summer Stock Quotes:

Joe D. Ross: When the show's over and it's the success I hope it is, we've got alot of talking to do.
Jane Falbury: What about?
Joe D. Ross: Oh, all kinds of things. First I want to hear the story of your life. Everything that's ever happened to you since you were so high. And then I want to know what you eat for breakfast, what's your favorite color, what comic strips you read. Then we'll talk about shoes, and ships, and sealing wax, and shows. Farms. Families. Oh it may take hours. Weeks. Years. I want to know everything.

Orville Wingait: That actor! She's in love with that actor!

Jane Falbury: You really love this, don't you?
Joe D. Ross: What? Show business? There's nothing else in the world.

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.

Joe D. Ross: [walking away] See you next Thursday.
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Summer Stock Facts
Judy Garland's last completed film for MGM. She was later cast in Royal Wedding opposite Fred Astaire, but was replaced by Jane Powell.

The number "Heavenly Music" was originally a trio with Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers and Judy Garland. Garland didn't show up to work the day of shooting and they filmed the scene without her.

"Fall in Love" (music by Harry Warren, lyrics byMack Gordon), sung by Gloria DeHaven and Phil Silvers, was cut from this film. The duet is heard on the Rhino Handmade CD of the soundtrack, released together with the score of Judy Garland'sIn the Good Old Summertime.

The number "Get Happy" was filmed several months after the rest of the film. During that time, Judy Garland lost considerable weight, which led to a longtime legend that the number was shot for a different film. In fact, Garland had worn the exact same costume in a deleted musical number from Easter Parade, which also contributed to the false legend.

The "Earthbuster" tractor is a 1949 Ford 8N model.

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