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A Date with Judy is a 1948 American comedy musical film starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor. [3] [4] Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film was based on the radio series of the same name . The movie was filmed in Technicolor and largely served to showcase the former child star Elizabeth Taylor, age 16 at the time.
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- Joe Pasternak
- Ernesto Lecuona
A Date with Judy: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda. Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).
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The vibrant 1948 MGM musical A Date With Judy was born out of a popular 1940s radio show about the humorous adventures of bubbly teenager Judy Foster and her family. Joe Pasternak produced the screen version while Richard Thorpe directed and Stanley Donen choreographed the dance numbers.
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- Wallace Beery
Rated: 5/5 • May 12, 2008. Best friends Judy (Jane Powell) and Carol (Elizabeth Taylor) compete for the affections of an older man (Robert Stack) during their high school dance. As Carol tries ...
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- Wallace Beery
- Richard Thorpe
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Film and television. As the popularity of the radio series peaked, Jane Powell starred as Judy in the 1948 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film A Date with Judy. Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Stack, and Carmen Miranda also headed the cast. A television version of the show ran on ABC on Saturdays during daytime hours beginning on June 2, 1951.
Synopsis. In Santa Barbara, California, teenager Judy Foster and her friends are rehearsing songs for their high school dance when the student director of the show, Carol Pringle, complains that the songs, as performed, are too "juvenile." Carol, a senior at the school and a renowned wealthy snob, demonstrates how the music should be played ...
