Summer Holiday (1948 film)

Summer Holiday
Australian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rouben Mamoulian
Written by	Eugene O'Neill (play) Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Irving Brecher Jean Holloway
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Starring	Mickey Rooney Gloria DeHaven Agnes Moorehead
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	April 16, 1948 (1948-04-16)
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 film, starring Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven. The picture is based on the play Ah, Wilderness! (1933) by Eugene O'Neill, which had been filmed as under that name by MGM in 1935 with Rooney in a much smaller role. Though completed in October 1946, the film sat on the shelf until 1948.

In addition to Walter Huston, the supporting cast features Frank Morgan as the drunken Uncle Sid, portrayed earlier by Wallace Beery on screen and later by Jackie Gleason on Broadway, as well as Marilyn Maxwell, Agnes Moorehead, Selena Royle and Anne Francis.

Cast

• Mickey Rooney as Richard Miller
• Gloria DeHaven as Muriel
• Walter Huston as Nat Miller
• Frank Morgan as Uncle Sid
• Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins as Tommy
• Marilyn Maxwell as Belle
• Agnes Moorehead as Cousin Lily
• Selena Royle as Mrs. Miller
• Michael Kirby as Arthur Miller
• Shirley Johns as Mildred
• Hal Hackett as Wint
• Anne Francis as Elsie Rand
• John Alexander as Mr. McComber
• Virginia Brissac as Miss Hawley
• Howard Freeman as Mr. Peabody

Reception

The film was a disappointment at the box office, earning only $1,208,000 in the US and Canada and $401,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $1,460,000.

External links

• Summer Holiday at IMDb
• Summer Holiday at AllMovie
• Summer Holiday at the TCM Movie Database