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Summer Holiday

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Summer Holiday
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1hr 32min
Genres:
Comedy,Musical
Release:
1948
Director:
Rouben Mamoulian
Starring:
John Alexander, Mickey Rooney, Gloria de Haven  ...more
Synopsis: Summer Holiday is a musical remake of the 1935 MGM comedy-drama Ah, Wilderness!, which in turn was adapted from the play by Eugene O'Neill. Mickey Rooney (who played a supporting role in the 1935 film) stars as O'Neill's alter ego Richard Miller, a young man coming of age in early 20th century New England. Anxious to live life to the fullest, Richard ignores the cautionary admonitions of his father Nat (Walter Huston), preferring instead to follow the example of Uncle Sid (Frank Morgan), the family's ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
There's a feeling of schizophrenia in Summer Holiday, the musical adaptation of Ah, Wilderness! As he did in Love Me Tonight, director Rouben Mamoulian is trying to make an integrated musical; more importantly, he's trying to make one that is as subtly observant as the Eugene O'Neill play. Unfortunately, lyricist Ralph Blane is not the gifted collaborator that Lorenz Hart was on Love Me Tonight, and ... Full Review
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John Alexander
Mr. McComber
Mickey Rooney
Richard Miller
Gloria de Haven
Muriel McComber
Ruth Brady
Crystal
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