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.
Summer Holiday (1948)
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Synopsis: Adapted from Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" about an eager young boy coming of age in early Americana.
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Walter Huston, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Walter Huston, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Butch Jenkins, Selena Royle, Marilyn Maxwell, Gloria De Haven, Anne Francis
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Producer: Arthur Freed
Screenwriter: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Irving Brecher, Jean Holloway
Composer: Harry Warren
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