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[thatgirl712]

Posted: 6/1/08 at 1:44pm

Really lovely Judy Garland film

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 6/1/08 at 2:47pm

One of her best performances...

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 6/1/08 at 4:03pm

funny, i just watched this on wednesday

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 6/1/08 at 4:36pm

It's one of my favorites. Love Judy, love Robert Walker. Also have a strange thing I can't explain for Keenan Wynn in his drunk scene with the old hooker sitting at the bar.

[Yawper]

Posted: 6/1/08 at 11:42pm

"the old hooker sitting at the bar"

aka Angela Lansbury's mom?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/1/08 at 11:50pm

I love this movie with every fiber of my being.

For anyone who hasn't seen it (or for those who can't get enough of it!), the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVxWK45dC5c

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 6/1/08 at 11:56pm

Just Wonderful...She should have gotten an Oscar Nomination for this...

[Mrs Mangel]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 5:02am

Yawper- you are amazing. It IS Angela Lansbury's mother. And not, I realise, a hooker, but a "Lunchonette Lady". But of course!

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 5:17am

This was on TCM recently...or Fox Movie channel, can't remember which one. I watched this movie with my grandmother- probably the biggest Judy fan next to paljoey!!! We loved it...(she saw it already, I didn't)

[Mamie]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 8:56am

Except for a few short years in my youth, when "Oz" took over, this has always been my favorite Judy Garland film. It was a wonderful surprise when I just turned on the television yesterday and it suddenly appeared. I realized that it had been a long time since I'd seen it.

She literally had me in tears during the scene at the table, after her wedding. It was a beautiful performance.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 9:16am

Okay, thatgirl--You inspired me with this thread to watch the movie for the first time yesterday.

I almost posted here (with guilt) that I had never seen it, and that I even own the DVD, because it was given to me... when instead, I decided to put it on. It became my Sunday afternoon movie yesterday, and it was a beaut!

I thought it was very romantic, and Garland and Walker were first-rate. My favorite scene was with the two of them and James and Lucile Gleason (real-life husband and wife) after they delivered the milk. It was so natural! It almost felt improvised, which is unusual for a film from that era. And the chemistry and warmth from the four of them... it made me feel like I was sitting at the breakfast table with them.

I also really loved the music in the movie, by George Bassman.

And I had no idea until I read this thread that the crazy lady at the counter was Angela Lansbury's mother! Wow! I also read on IMDb.com that the guy who gives Robert Walker the matches at the beginning of the film... was Arthur Freed.

I wish Judy had made more dramatic pictures back then. I understand why they kept her busy singing, of course. But to see her carry a film without one note of music coming out of her, shows just how strong of an actress and "screen presence" she was.

I can see why the movie did well. It's SO romantic. In a way it reminded me of the recent films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 11:20am

She literally had me in tears during the scene at the table, after her wedding. It was a beautiful performance.

Oh yes, Mamie! And the genius that was Vincente Minnelli--the entire scene was done with no dialogue!

[DG]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 11:24am

"It's a story as gay as Spring, and as exciting as love itself!"

That might be my favorite tag-line ever.

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 12:57pm

i love this movie more than fiber itself!

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 1:13pm

Gets you going in the morning, eh, RB?

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 1:20pm

It sure does! I love me a li'l Garland in the mornin'!

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 6/2/08 at 6:09pm

I'm glad everyone enjoyed it I try to catch it whenever they show it.

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 12:23pm

So glad I inspired you Besty

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 6/3/08 at 12:25pm

Mrs. Mangel, thanks for the poster, never saw it before