Summer Holiday (1948 film)

Summer Holiday
Summer Holiday
	Australian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rouben Mamoulian
Written by	Frances Goodrich; Albert Hackett; Irving Brecher; Jean Holloway
Based on	Ah, Wilderness!; 1933 play; by Eugene O'Neill
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Starring	Mickey Rooney; Gloria DeHaven; Agnes Moorehead
Cinematography	Charles Schoenbaum
Edited by	Albert Akst
Music by	Lennie Hayton
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc
Release date	April 16, 1948;
Running time	92-93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,237,000
Box office	$1,609,000

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]

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