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词条 A Date with Judy (film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Songs

  4. Production

  5. Reception

  6. Critical reception

  7. Notes

  8. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = A Date with Judy
| image = A Date With Judy film poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = A Date with Judy film poster
| director = Richard Thorpe
| producer = Joe Pasternak
| screenplay = Dorothy Cooper
Dorothy Kingsley
| based on = Characters created by
Aleen Leslie
| narrator =
| starring = Wallace Beery
Jane Powell
Elizabeth Taylor
Carmen Miranda
Xavier Cugat
Robert Stack
| music = Ernesto Lecuona
| cinematography = Robert Surtees
| editing = Harold F. Kress
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1948|07|29}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $1,353,000[1][2]
| gross = $4,586,000[1]
}}

A Date with Judy is a 1948 MGM musical film starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor.[3][4] Directed by Richard Thorpe, the movie was based on the radio series of the same name.

The film was photographed in Technicolor and largely served to showcase the former child star Elizabeth Taylor, age 16 at the time. Taylor was given the full MGM glamor treatment, including specially designed gowns.

Robert Stack appears in a prominent supporting part. Many others in the MGM stock company appear in their customary roles, including Leon Ames as a dignified father figure, the same role he played in the Judy Garland film Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and top-billed Wallace Beery in his penultimate role as a contrasting "rough and ready" father figure.

The film features the soprano singing voice of young Jane Powell, and is also a showcase for the musical performances of the Latin American singer Carmen Miranda and bandleader Xavier Cugat. In this film, she is given to humorous malapropisms such as "His bite is worse than his bark" and "Now I'm cooking with grass". The songs "Judaline" and "It's a Most Unusual Day" also debuted in this film.

Plot

The big high school dance in Santa Barbara is coming up. Judy Foster (Jane Powell) expects boyfriend "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett) to be her escort, but he declines. Meanwhile, Oogie's sister, sophisticated senior Carol Pringle (Elizabeth Taylor), has booked famous bandleader Xavier Cugat and his orchestra for the dance.

Cugat's lady friend, Rosita Cochellas (Carmen Miranda), is a dance instructor. She is secretly giving rumba lessons to Judy's dad, Melvin Foster (Wallace Beery), who wants to surprise his wife with a dance for their upcoming wedding anniversary.

Soda shop owner Pop Scully (Lloyd Corrigan) introduces a disappointed Judy to his handsome nephew Stephen I. Andrews (Robert Stack), who volunteers to take Judy to the dance, even though he's considerably older. Judy finds him dreamy, and having Stephen as her date definitely makes Oogie jealous.

Stephen, however, falls for the beautiful Carol instead. This is annoying to Judy, as is her discovery that her dad is seeing Rosita behind her mother's back, presumably carrying on a romantic affair. Misunderstandings abound, including Rosita trying to explain the situation to her boyfriend, Cugat.

During the dance scene in which Mrs. Foster dances with Xavier Cugat, the song is the instrumental version of "The Walter Winchell Rumba", which Cugat and his band played during their normal gigs. The words, can be heard during a PBS Lawrence Welk show called, "The New York Show" by Gail, Sandy, and Marylou.

Cast

  • Wallace Beery as Melvin R. Foster
  • Jane Powell as Judy Foster
  • Elizabeth Taylor as Carol Pringle
  • Carmen Miranda as Rosita Cochellas
  • Xavier Cugat as Himself
  • Robert Stack as Stephen Andrews
  • Scotty Beckett as Ogden "Oogie" Pringle
  • Selena Royle as Mrs. Foster
  • Leon Ames as Lucien T. Pringle
  • Clinton Sundberg as Jameson
  • George Cleveland as Gramps
  • Lloyd Corrigan as "Pop" Sam Scully
  • Stuart Whitman as Young Man in the ballroom (uncredited)
  • Jerry Hunter as Randolph Foster
  • Jean McLaren as Mitzi Hoffman

Songs

  • "It's a Most Unusual Day" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) performed by Jane Powell
  • "Cuanto La Gusta" (Gabriel Ruiz, Ray Gilbert) performed by Carmen Miranda with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
  • "Cooking with Gas" performed by Carmen Miranda with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
  • "Judaline" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) performed by Jane Powell, Scotty Beckett & Quartet
  • "I'm Strictly on the Corny Side" (Stella Unger, Alec Templeton) performed by Jane Powell & Scotty Beckett
  • "Love is Where You Find It" (Earl K. Brent, Nacio Herb Brown) performed by Jane Powell, Jerry Hunter & Selena Royle
  • "Home Sweet Home" (H.R. Bishop) performed by Jane Powell, Jerry Hunter & Selena Royle
  • "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Wallace Willis) performed by Lillian Yarbo

Production

Although Xavier Cugat is credited in the opening credits as "Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra," the end credits simply bill Cugat as "Himself." The A Date with Judy radio show ran from 1941 to 1949 on the NBC network, and from 1949 to 1950 on the ABC network. The character of "Judy Foster" was portrayed on the radio by Dellie Ellis, Louise Erickson and Ann Gillis.

Thomas E. Breen was originally set to co-star in the film with Jane Powell, and Leslie Kardos was set to direct. Selena Royle replaced Mary Astor, who withdrew from the film due to illness.[5]

A biography of director Vincente Minnelli notes that a musical number entitled Mulligatawny, which was created by Stanley Donen, was cut from the film before its release. Actress Patricia Crowley portrayed "Judy Foster" in the ABC television series A Date with Judy, which ran from 1951 to 1953.[6]

Reception

The film was a hit, earning $3,431,000 in the US and Canada and $1,155,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $1,495,000.[1][7]

Critical reception

The New York Times reviewer pointed out that "the picture's gaiest moments" were provided by Carmen Miranda, "whose singing remains a source of delighted amazement to this observer."[8]

Notes

1. ^{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.
2. ^Another source puts the cost at $2 million [https://archive.org/stream/variety169-1948-02#page/n126/mode/1up Variety February 1948]
3. ^Variety film review; June 23, 1948, page 6.
4. ^Harrison's Reports film review; June 19, 1948, page 99.
5. ^(December 1947) The Hollywood Reporter
6. ^DetailView: A Date with Judy
7. ^[https://archive.org/stream/variety173-1949-01#page/n45/mode/1up "Top Grossers of 1948",
Variety 5 January 1949 p 46]
8. ^Brazilian Bombshell: The Biography of Carmen Miranda - p.205

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0040271|A Date with Judy}}
  • {{Amg movie|12454|A Date with Judy}}
  • {{tcmdb title|id=3450|title=A Date with Judy}}
  • A Date with Judy at NNDB
  • {{rotten-tomatoes|id=date_with_judy|title=A Date with Judy}}
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