A tuneful throwback to the old-fashioned "you've got the barn, I've got the instruments, let's put on a show" movie musicals, Judy Garland's last MGM film was fraught with problems resulting from the star's emotional difficulties, temperamental behavior and fluctuations in weight.
Garland plays Jane Falbury, a New England farmer in financial trouble. Her sister, Abigail (Gloria DeHaven) is due to come in and help harvest the crops, but to Jane's surprise Abigail, an aspiring actress, arrives with a whole summer stock company led by Abigail's love interest, Joe D. Ross (Gene
Kelly). Jane, meanwhile, is loved by Orville Wingait (Eddie Bracken), the goony son of the l...
Released:
1950
Rated:
NR
Length:
109 mins