Nate and I continue our scene by scene dive into the 1950 movie Summer Stock, a movie remarkable for being the third onscreen pairing of Gene Kelly and Judy Garland and for being Garland’s last film at MGM.

This episode is fun as we get to explore the background of a few of the characters actors in the movie (Erville Alderson anyone???) as well as getting into different versions of the film’s initial scripts. Plus Judy gets her first chance since she played Dorothy to sing a knockout of a song on a tractor!

And please check out the fantastic book "C'mon, GetHappy: The Making of Summer Stock" by David Fantle & Tom Johnson. It helped us tremendously in our research for these episodes.

Please note: these episodes on Summer Stock deal with frank discussions on addiction and mental health. If you or someone you know requires resources in these areas please visit CAMH in Canada (1-800-463-2338 or camh.ca) and NIMH (988 or nimh.nih.gov) in the US. 

Thanks for listening!

Derek

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