A Date with Judy
MGM, 1948, Color, 113 minutes, ***
Released June, 1948
Fun film featuring Janie and Liz. Janie thinks pop (Beery) is having an affair when he takes Rhumba lessons on the sly from Carmen. Liz plays her young snooty girl with a heart of gold character, and Robert Stack has trouble deciding whether he's in love with Liz or Janie. Scotty Beckett is fun as Janie's boyfriend. Great cast. Liz is sultry when she sings "It's a Most Unusual Day," and Janie and Company (even Wallace Beery!) get to sing a bit of it too at the end of the movie. Jane singing "Through the Years" for grandpa (Cleveland) is a touching moment.
Produced by: Joe Pasternak
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Screen Play: Dorothy Cooper and Dorothy Kingsley
Based on the Characters Created by Aleen Leslie
Musical Direction: Georgie Stoll
Songs: "It's a Most Unusual Day" (by) Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson; "Judaline" (by) Don Raye and Gene dePaul; "I'm Strictly on the Corny Side" (by) Stella Unger and Alec Templeton
Musical Arrangements: Leo Arnaud, Albert Sendry and Robert Franklyn
Dance Direction: Stanley Donen
Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Associate: Richard A. Pefferle
Women's Costumes: Helen Rose
Hair Styles Designed by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Uo Created by: Jack Dawn
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Special Effects: Warren Newcombe
Color by: Technicolor
Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Henri Jaffa
Film Editor: Harold F. Kress
Cast: Wallace Beery [Melvin R. Foster], Jane Powell [Judy Foster], Elizabeth Taylor [Carol Pringle], Carmen Miranda [Rosita Conchelias], Xavier Cugat [Himself], Robert Stack [Stephen Andrews], Selena Royle [Mrs. Foster], Scotty Beckett [Ogden "Oogie" Pringle], Leon Ames [Lucien T. Pringle], George Cleveland [Gramps], Lloyd Corrigan [Pop Scully], Clinton Sundberg [Jameson], Jean McLaren [Mitzie], Jerry Hunter [Randolph Foster], Buddy Howard [Jo-Jo Hoffenpepper], Lillian Yarbo [Nightingale], Eula Guy [Miss Clarke], Francis Pierlot [Professor Green], Rena Lenart [Olga], Sheila Stein [Little Girl in Drug Store], Paul Bradley [Headwaiter], Polly Bailey [Elderly Woman], Alice Kelley [Girl], Fern Eggen [Miss Sampson]
Musical Porgram: [0:00] Overture: "Judaline" / "I'm Strictly on the Corny Side" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:03] It's a Most Unusual Day (sung by Jane Powell); [0:05] It's a Most Unusual Day (reprised, sultry style, by a dubbed Elizabeth Taylor); [0:13] Through the Years (sung by Jane Powell with George Cleveland); [0:22] Love Is Where You Find It (sung by Jane Powell with high school dance band conducted by Scotty Beckett); [0:49] Love Is Where You Find It (short reprisal by Jane Powell); [0:51] I'm Strictly on the Corny Side (sung and danced by Jane Powell and Scotty Beckett); [1:11] Judaline (sung by Jane Powell with Scotty Beckett and male quartet); [1:19] Home Sweet Home (sung by Jane Powell, Selena Royle and Jerry Hunter); [1:28] Judaline (reprised by Scotty Beckett and friends serenading Judy); [1:34] Cookin' with Gas (sung and danced by Carmen Miranda with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra); [1:40] Cuanto Le Gusta (sung and danced by Carmen Miranda with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra); [1:51] It's a Most Unusual Day (reprised in finale by Jane Powell, joined by the whole company and chorus, including Elizabeth Taylor, Wallace Beery, Xavier Cugat, Carmen Miranda, Selena Royle, Scotty Beckett and Robert Stack); several additional instrumental numbers we can't identify are played in the background for dancing
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