A Date with Judy is a 1948 MGM musical film starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the movie was based on a radio series of the same name.
The film was photographed in stunning Technicolor and largely served to showcase the extraordinary blossoming beauty of former child star Elizabeth Taylor, age 16 at the time. Taylor was given the full MGM glamor treatment, including specially designed gowns.
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A Date with Judy is a 1948 MGM musical film starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the movie was based on a radio series of the same name.
The film was photographed in stunning Technicolor and largely served to showcase the extraordinary blossoming beauty of former child star Elizabeth Taylor, age 16 at the time. Taylor was given the full MGM glamor treatment, including specially designed gowns.
Robert Stack, most familiar to modern audiences as host of TV's popular Unsolved Mysteries, appears in a prominent supporting role. Many others in the MGM stock company appear in their customary roles, including Leon Ames as a dignified father figure, the same role he played in the classic Judy Garland film Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and Wallace Beery in his penultimate role as a contrasting "rough and ready" father fighre.
The film features the strong soprano singing voice of young Jane Powell, and is also an excellent showcase for the musical...
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