Reviving Judy Garland's "Merry Christmas" — Joan Ellison In her 1949 MGM film, In the Good Old Summertime , Judy Garland sings a lovely but oft-overlooked Christmas song appropriately titled, “Merry Christmas.” Fred Spielman, who had been a prominent cabar...

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#inthegoodoldsummertime #moviemusicals #greatamericansongbook #judygarland #filmorchestration

I’m officially burned out on #InTheGoodOldSummertime this year #TCMParty

I agree! She was enormously talented. #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty

“I Don’t Care” is one of Judy’s most memorable MGM numbers. She could have carried it over into her concert years with great success. #TCMParty #InTheGoodOldSummertime

Honestly, it seems like he might be. #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty

Is Van Johnson doing a Jimmy Stewart impression? #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty

Warner Archive Collection did an outstanding job remastering this for Blu Ray. The print airing right now ain’t it. 😕 #TCMParty #InTheGoodOldSummertime

I just saw a Judy Garland impersonator in San Francisco and Margaret O’Brien was there and she sang HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS to her and I teared up. #TCMParty #InTheGoodOldSummertime

Watching #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty #FilmSky📽🎥🎬

I’ve heard of it, but I’ve never actually seen it all the way through. Until now! #TCMParty #InTheGoodOldSummertime

How is #InTheGoodOldSummertime a Christmas movie?

#MeetMeInStLouis, OK, sure to some degree.

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A big reason I like #TheShopAroundTheCorner more than #InTheGoodOldSummertime or #YouveGotMail is that neither of those remakes includes an arc that hits as hard as Mr. Matuschek's despair and recovery
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#InTheGoodOldSummertime is all about the frozen look of panic on Liza's face at the end as Johnson puts his hand on her rear. #TCM #TCMParty

Same. I'm trying to think who I would prefer. I could go with Gene Kelley . . . but how about Frank Sinatra? He was under contract with MGM at the time and hadn't yet become Mr. Cool. #TCMParty #InTheGoodOldSummertime

I wish Van Johnson wasn’t in this but at least it’s not Red Skelton #TCMParty #InTheGoodOldSummertime

This feels like a Vincente Minelli movie....that's not a compliment #tcmparty #inthegoodoldsummertime

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Watching #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty #FilmSjy🎥📽🎬

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Five this time: #Itsawonderfullife #Prey #AMerryLittleEx-Mas #IntheGoodOldSummertime & #Krampus ✨💜🎄

In the Good Old Summertime (1949) Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.

#IntheGoodOldSummertime Si no es la primera película, es de las pioneras del rom-com navideño porque tiene todos los ingredientes. Adoro esta película y (¡sorpresa!) adoro a mi Judy Garland 🎄✨

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Not to get too distracted while we watch #InTheGoodOldSummertime on Judy Garland day but have we ever had a Van Johnson #SummerUnderTheStars day? I would especially love to see all his musicals, I wish he'd done more of them. [Photo with Gloria DeHaven is for Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)] #TCMParty

Presenting Lily Mars (1943), rated four stars The Harvey Girls (1946), rated three and a half stars Summer Stock (1950), rated five stars In the Good Old Summertime (1949), rated four and a half stars

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JUNE 19TH

In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
directed by Robert Z. Leonard, written by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Ivan Tors & Samson Raphaelson

Judy Garland plays Veronica Fisher

Review: boxd.it/a38i5r

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They pretty much hired Buster Keaton entirely for that pratfall
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"I'm a Lux Girl," says Judy Garland!

Check out The Judy Room's filmography page on "In The Good Old Summertime" at www.thejudyroom.com/filmography/...

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January 27, 1949: Judy Garland completed filming "In The Good Old Summertime," finishing it in only forty-five shooting days.

Filmography Page www.thejudyroom.com/filmography/...

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Cranky "Cuddles."

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Does the song "In the Good Old Summertime" remind anyone else of "Meet Me in St. Louis"? #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty

@crisopera1.bsky.social on x: "I'm not sure why the screenwriters split Pirovich (Felix Bressart) from The Shop Around the Corner into 2 separate people (Hansen and Hickey). I'd have thought that Buster Keaton could play a version of the entire original character. #IntheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty"

Judy looked so good in red. 🥰 #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty

That little harp is so cute #InTheGoodOldSummertime #TCMParty