In the Good Old Summertime is a 1949
Technicolor

Technicolor musical film directed
by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Judy Garland,
Van Johnson

Van Johnson and S.Z.
Sakall.
The film is a musical adaptation of the 1940 film, The Shop Around the
Corner, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring
James Stewart
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James Stewart and
Margaret Sullavan, and written by
Miklós László

Miklós László based on his 1937
play Parfumerie. For In the Good Old Summertime, the locale has been
changed from 1930s
Budapest

Budapest to turn-of-the-century Chicago, but the
plot remains the same.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Songs
4 Production
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Veronica Fisher (Judy Garland) enters Oberkugen's music shop, looking
for work. Although Otto Oberkugen (S. Z. Sakall) is reluctant to take
on more staff, she wins a job by persuading a wealthy matron, through
her singing and musical expertise, to buy a harp at almost $25 over
Oberkugen's list price. Neither she nor Andrew Larkin (Van Johnson),
the shop's senior salesman, suspects that they are each other's
anonymous pen pal. They bicker constantly at work although becoming
increasingly attracted to each other.
Cast[edit]
Judy Garland

Judy Garland as Veronica Fisher
Van Johnson

Van Johnson as Andrew Larkin
S. Z. Sakall

S. Z. Sakall as Otto Oberkugen
Spring Byington

Spring Byington as Nellie Burke
Clinton Sundberg

Clinton Sundberg as Rudy Hansen
Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton as Hickey
Marcia Van Dyke

Marcia Van Dyke as Louise Parkson
Lillian Bronson as Aunt Addie
Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli as Veronica and Andrew's daughter (final scene,
uncredited)
Songs[edit]
"In the Good Old Summertime" (George Evans, Ren Shields)
"Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland" (Leo Friedman, Beth Whitson)
"Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey" (Albert Von Tilzer, Junie McCree)
"Play That Barbershop Chord" (Lewis Muir, Willam Tracey)
"I Don't Care" (Harry Sutton, Jean Lenox)
"Merry Christmas" (Fred Spielman, Janice Torre)
Production[edit]
Garland introduced the Christmas song "Merry Christmas" in this film;
it was later covered by Johnny Mathis, Bette Midler, and cabaret
artist Connie Champagne.
Director Robert Leonard originally hired
Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton as a gag-writer
to help him devise a way for a violin to get broken that would be both
comic and plausible. Keaton came up with an elaborate stunt that would
achieve the desired result; however, Leonard realized Keaton was the
only one who could execute it properly, so he cast him in the film.
Keaton also devised the sequence in which
Van Johnson

Van Johnson inadvertently
wrecks Judy Garland's hat and coached Johnson intensively in how to
perform the scene. This was Keaton's first
MGM

MGM film after he was fired
from the studio in 1933.[2]
It was filmed between October 1948 and January 1949.
Garland's three-year-old daughter
Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli makes her film debut,
walking with her mother and
Van Johnson

Van Johnson in the closing shot.
The song "Last Night When We Were Young" was written in the 1930s by
Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen and
E. Y. "Yip" Harburg
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E. Y. "Yip" Harburg for the
Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera star
Lawrence Tibbett.
Judy Garland

Judy Garland loved the song and wanted to include it
in the movie. The song was recorded and filmed but when the picture
was released, it was cut from the final print. The audio recording of
"Last Night When We Were Young" was featured on several of Garland's
M-G-M albums and she also later recorded it for
Capitol Records

Capitol Records in the
1950s. The footage of the number was included in the
PBS

PBS documentary
American Masters: Judy Garland: By Myself in 2004.
Reception[edit]
The film was made during the height of strain on the relationship
between Garland and the
MGM

MGM production company. As a testament to
Garland's strong popularity, the film was a huge critical and
commercial success. According to
MGM

MGM records it earned $2,892,000 in
the US and Canada and $642,000 overseas, resulting in a profit of
$601,000.[1] According to Variety the film earned $3.4 million in the
US.[3]
In the Good Old Summertime was the second to last film that Judy
Garland made at
MGM

MGM (with the final being Summer Stock). MGM
terminated Garland's contract – by mutual agreement – in September
1950.
The film is recognized by
American Film Institute
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American Film Institute in these lists:
2006:
AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – Nominated[4]
References[edit]
^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick
Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
^ Kline, Jim (1993). The complete films of Buster Keaton. New York,
NY: Citadel Press. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0806513039.
^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
^ "
AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved
2016-08-13.
External links[edit]
In the Good Old Summertime on IMDb
In the Good Old Summertime at the TCM Movie Database
In the Good Old Summertime at AllMovie
In the Good Old Summertime at the
American Film Institute
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American Film Institute Catalog
The
Judy Garland

Judy Garland Online Discography "In The Good Old Summertime"
pages.
NYT Overview
The Judy Room "In The Good Old Summertime" filmography entry.
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The films of Robert Z. Leonard
The Master Key (1914)
Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings (1915)
Secret Love (1916)
The Plow Girl (1916)
On Record (1917)
A Mormon Maid
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A Mormon Maid (1917)
The Primrose Ring (1917)
At First Sight (1917)
Face Value (1918)
The Bride's Awakening (1918)
Danger, Go Slow

Danger, Go Slow (1918)
The Delicious Little Devil

The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
The Miracle of Love (1919)
April Folly
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April Folly (1920)
The Restless Sex

The Restless Sex (1920)
The Gilded Lily (1921)
Heedless Moths

Heedless Moths (1921)
Peacock Alley (1922)
Fascination (1922)
Broadway Rose (1922)
Jazzmania

Jazzmania (1923)
Mademoiselle Midnight

Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
Circe, the Enchantress

Circe, the Enchantress (1924)
Cheaper to Marry (1925)
Time, the Comedian (1925)
Bright Lights (1925)
Dance Madness

Dance Madness (1926)
Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)
The Waning Sex

The Waning Sex (1926)
A Little Journey (1927)
The Demi-Bride

The Demi-Bride (1927)
Adam and Evil (1927)
Tea for Three (1927)
Baby Mine (1928)
The Cardboard Lover (1928)
A Lady of Chance

A Lady of Chance (1928)
Marianne (1929, silent)
Marianne (1929, musical)
The Divorcee

The Divorcee (1930)
In Gay Madrid (1930)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
The Bachelor Father

The Bachelor Father (1931)
Five and Ten (1931)
It's a Wise Child (1931)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Lovers Courageous (1932)
Strange Interlude (1932)
Peg o' My Heart (1933)
Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady (1933)
Outcast Lady

Outcast Lady (1934)
After Office Hours

After Office Hours (1935)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Escapade (1935)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
Maytime (1937)
The Firefly (1937)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Broadway Serenade
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Broadway Serenade (1939)
New Moon (1940)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
We Were Dancing (1942)
Stand By for Action

Stand By for Action (1942)
The Man from Down Under

The Man from Down Under (1943)
Marriage Is a Private Affair

Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
The Secret Heart (1946)
Cynthia (1947)
B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
The Bribe

The Bribe (1949)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Nancy Goes to Rio

Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Duchess of Idaho

Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Grounds for Marriage

Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Too Young to Kiss

Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
The Clown (1953)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1953)
Her Twelve Men

Her Twelve Men (1954)
The King's Thief (1955)
Beautiful but Dangerous (1955)
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Miklós László's Parfumerie
Adaptations
The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner (1940 film)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949 film)
She Loves Me

She Loves Me (1963 musical)
You've Got Mail