Summer Holiday (1948)
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(9 ratings)
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… More 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 "black sheep". In his ongoing quest for wine, women and song (he gets precious little of the first two commodities, but plenty of the third!) Richard ignores the fact that the true love of his life, sweet young Muriel (Gloria De Haven), has been under his nose all along. Director Rouben Mamoulien's obsession with cinematic innovations is largely absent here; what emerges is a staid, conventional MGM musical, albeit gorgeously photographed in Technicolor by Charles Schoenbaum. Filmed in 1946 but not released until 1948, Summer Holiday would not be the last musicalized version of Ah, Wilderness!; that honor went to the 1959 Broadway musical Take Me Along, which starred Jackie Gleason as Uncle Sid. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Written By
- Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Irving Brecher, Jean Holloway
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
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Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Mickey Rooney may not be the ideal actor to play Eugene O'Neill's alter ego, but as a nostalgic evocation of small town life at the turn of the century, Mamoulian's musical version of Ah, Wilderness is evocative, charming and nice to look at.
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Cast
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John Alexander
as Mr. McComber
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Mickey Rooney
as Richard Miller
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Gloria de Haven
as Muriel McComber
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Walter Huston
as Nat Miller
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Ruth Brady
as Crystal
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Frank Morgan
as Uncle Sid
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Virginia Brissac
as Miss Hawley
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Agnes Moorehead
as Cousin Lily
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Anne Francis
as Elsie Rand
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Marilyn Maxwell
as Belle
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Howard Freeman
as Mr. Peabody
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Hal Hackett
as Wint
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Butch Jenkins
as Tommy
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Shirley Johns
as Mildred Miller
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Michael Kirby
as Arthur Miller
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Alice MacKenzie
as Mrs. McComber
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Margaret Bert
as Mrs. Nichols
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Oliver Blake
as Scorekeeper
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Wally Cassell
as Salesman
- Mme. Louise Colombet
- Margaret Fealy
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Budd Fine
as Farmer
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Don Garner
as Gilbert Ralston
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Emory Parnell
as Bartender
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Selena Royle
as Mrs. Miller
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Terry Moore
as Hatcheck Girl
- Blanche Rose
