In the Good Old Summertime is a wonderfully rich entertainment.
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:5
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Judy Garland and Van Johnson play pen-pal lovers in this lighthearted, cheerful musical. In turn-of-the-century Chicago, Veronica Fisher and Andrew Larkin are acrimonious co-workers at a musical... Judy Garland and Van Johnson play pen-pal lovers in this lighthearted, cheerful musical. In turn-of-the-century Chicago, Veronica Fisher and Andrew Larkin are acrimonious co-workers at a musical instrument shop. But what the battling couple doesn't realize is that off-hours they're pen-pals writing to each other anonymously. They've fallen in love on paper... now can they fall in love for real? [More]
Starring: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton, S.Z. Sakall
Starring: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, Lillian Bronson, Marcia Van Dyke
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Screenwriter: Samson Raphaelson, Frances Goodrich, Ivan Tors, Albert Hackett
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Reviews for In the Good Old Summertime
Robert Z. Leonard's tepid musical remake of Ernst Lubitsch's masterful The Shop Around the Corner...somehow it just ain't the same.
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