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Summer Stock
Summer Stock (known as If You Feel Like Singing in the UK) is an MGM musical made in 1950. The film was directed by Charles Walters and stars Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, and Phil Silvers.Judy Garland struggled with many personal problems during filming, and Summer Stock proved to be her last MGM movie and also her last pairing with Gene Kelly onscreen. MGM terminated Garland's contract in September 1950.Judy Garland stars as Jane Falbury, a farmer who allows her actress sister Abigail, played by Gloria DeHaven, to use the barn as a practice stage for her theater troupe. The actors and actresses, including the director Joe Ross (Gene Kelly), repay her hospitality by doing chores around the farm. Although Joe is engaged to Abigail, he begins to fall in love with Jane. Similarly, although Jane is engaged to Orville, she falls in love with Joe. The movie ends in a spectacular final show in the barn itself.
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Language: English
Year of production: 1950
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Country: United States
Directors:
Charles Walters
Actors:
Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, Phil Silvers, Eddie Bracken
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