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In the Good Old Summertime


Date: 1949
Type: Musical / Romance
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Robert Z Leonard
Producer: Joe Pasternack

Comment/Synopsis

A pair of quarrelling shop workers (Judy Garland and Van Johnson) do not realise they are actually pen-pals. This is essentially a remake of the earlier The Shop Around The Corner but not as good as that version. Judy Garland brings some elegant charm and sings a couple of numbers, but it does not really have a feel of a musical. Both Van Johnson and Buster Keaton have bland characters, though Buster Keaton did set up the comic scenes with the hat and violin. The most engaging performance is from S Z Sakall as the bumbling shop owner.

Oscars

None
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM
Play
Parfumerie by Miklós László
Alternate versions
The story was remade as You've Got Mail (1998) is a remake of The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
In the Good Old Summertime