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A DATE WITH JUDY
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CREDITS
1948, 113 minutes, Technicolor.
Producer, Joe Pasternak; Director, Richard Thorpe; Screenplay, Dorothy Cooper and Dorothy Kingsley; Cinematography, Robert Surtees; Music Direction, Georgie Stoll; Choreography, Stanley Donen.
CAST
Melvin Foster, Wallace Beery; Judy Foster, Jane Powell; Carol Pringle, Elizabeth Taylor; Rosita Conchellas, Carmen Miranda; Xavier Cugat, Himself; Stephen Andrews, Robert Stack; Oogie Pringle, Scotty Beckett; Mrs. Foster, Selena Royle; Lucien Pringle, Leon Ames; Jameson, Clinton Sundberg.
SONGS
It's a Most Unusual Day by Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh; Cuanto Le Gusta by Ray Gilbert and Gabriel Ruiz; Strictly On the Corny Side by Stella Unger and Alec Templeton; Judaline by Don Raye and Gene De Paul; I've Got a Date with Judy; I'm Gonna Meet My Mary by Bill Katz and Calvin Jackson; Love Is Where You Find It by Nacio Herb Brown and Ralph Freed.
PLOT SYNOPSIS
"Based on a popular radio show, this merry musical follows the adventures of young Judy Foster. For Judy, going to the big school dance is a full-time job - and so is making a perfect hash of her friends' and family's love lives. . .all with the best intentions, of course."
- Liner Notes from Turner/MGM/UA Laserdisc
NOTES
"MGM's big-hearted (though small-scale) Technicolor musical, A Date With Judy, was dominated by adolescents, but it was Carmen Miranda who. . .made the greatest impact in Joe Pasternak's jolly little production. . .a bright, formula entertainment. . ."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"A Joe Pasternak-MGM musical intended for the whole family; deliberately corny, shiny clean, and cheery, but with some redeeming energy."
- Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights At The Movies
A Date With Judy was the 9th highest-grossing film of the year. See Box Office Hits
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