Summer Stock (1950) (If You Feel Like Singing) (1951)

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Summer Stock occupies a unique place in the filmographies of Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. For Kelly, this was the last film before his reputation and legend was cemented by the glorious one-two punch of An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain. For Garland, it was the last film in her contract with MGM, and one of the last films she made before her untimely death. As a musical it’s a treat... read more

Description: Let's put onia show: Judy andiGene turnia barn into Broadway! There's an unusual harvest at Falbury Farm: beans, hay...show tunes. It's a bumper crop, too, with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly leading all the hoofing, singing and sparking. In her final MGM musical, Garland plays Jane Falbury, a farm owner more than a bit riled when her aspiring-actress sister (Gloria De Haven) shows up with a theatrical troupe that wants to stage a musical in the family's barn. Any guess who becomes the show's sudden star after its lead runs off with a Broadway actor? Highlights include Kelly's shuffle-and-squeak You, Wonderful You dance solo mak Let's put onia show: Judy andiGene turnia barn into Broadway!

There's an unusual harvest at Falbury Farm: beans, hay...show tunes. It's a bumper crop, too, with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly leading all the hoofing, singing and sparking. In her final MGM musical, Garland plays Jane Falbury, a farm owner more than a bit riled when her aspiring-actress sister (Gloria De Haven) shows up with a theatrical troupe that wants to stage a musical in the family's barn. Any guess who becomes the show's sudden star after its lead runs off with a Broadway actor? Highlights include Kelly's shuffle-and-squeak You, Wonderful You dance solo making use of loose boards and newspaper on the floor, tuxedo-topped Garland's leggy, joyous Get Happy and a Kelly/Phil Silvers country-bumpkin bit of Heavenly Music backed by a woofing canines. After a show like this, how're you gonna keep these kids down on the farm? ... (more) (less)