Summer Stock

Summer Stock
theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Walters
Screenplay byGeorge Wells
Sy Gomberg
Story bySy Gomberg
Produced byJoe Pasternak
StarringJudy Garland
Gene Kelly
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byAlbert Akst
Music byScore:
Conrad Salinger (uncredited)
Songs-Music:
Harry Warren
Harold Arlen
Songs-Lyrics:
Mack Gordon
Jack Brooks
Saul Chaplin
Ted Koehler
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • August 31, 1950 (1950-08-31)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,025,000[1]
Box office$3,357,000[1]
Judy Garland with daughter Liza Minnelli on the set

Summer Stock is a 1950 American Technicolor musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Charles Walters, stars Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, and features Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, and Phil Silvers. Musical numbers were staged by Nick Castle and Kelly.

Garland struggled with many personal problems during filming and Summer Stock proved to be her final film for MGM, as well as her last onscreen pairing with Kelly. By mutual agreement, MGM terminated Garland's contract in September 1950, a move studio head L. B. Mayer said he later regretted.[2]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Frank, p. 285

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