Summer Holiday (1948 film)

For other films with the same name see Summer holiday (disambiguation)
Summer Holiday
Australian theatrical release poster
Directed byRouben Mamoulian
Written byFrances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Irving Brecher
Jean Holloway
Based onAh, Wilderness!
1933 play
by Eugene O'Neill
Produced byArthur Freed
StarringMickey Rooney
Gloria DeHaven
Agnes Moorehead
CinematographyCharles Schoenbaum
Edited byAlbert Akst
Music byLennie Hayton
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc
Release date
  • April 16, 1948 (1948-04-16)
Running time
92-93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,237,000[1][2]
Box office$1,609,000[1]

Summer Holiday is a 1948 American musical-comedy film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven. The picture is based on the play Ah, Wilderness! (1933) by Eugene O'Neill, which had been filmed under that name by MGM in 1935 with Rooney in a much smaller role, as the younger brother. Although completed in October 1946, the film sat on the shelf until 1948.[3][4][5]

In addition to Walter Huston, the supporting cast features Frank Morgan as the drunken Uncle Sid, (a role originated in the stage play by Gene Lockhart, portrayed onscreen by Wallace Beery in 1935 and later by Jackie Gleason on Broadway) as well as Marilyn Maxwell, Agnes Moorehead, Selena Royle and Anne Francis. One of producer Arthur Freed's MGM musicals, it has costumes and cinematography that take full advantage of Technicolor.[4]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Another source puts the cost at $2 million Variety February 1948
  3. ^ "Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Milne, 1969 p. 172-173: Filmography
  5. ^ Spergel, 1993 p. 207: “the film was withheld from release until May 1948.”