A Date with Judy 1948 123movies

Watch: A Date with Judy 1948 123movies, Full Movie Online – The upper-class Pringles and middle-class Fosters are two Santa Barbara families. Widowed businessman Lucien T. Pringle’s (Leon Ames’) interests, including a bank and a radio station, keep him absent from his children’s lives. Melvin Colner Foster (Wallace Beery) owns and operates a seafood packing plant, an offshoot of his days as a fisherman. Unlike Lucien, Melvin is very present in his family’s lives. Judy Foster (Jane Powell) and siblings Ogden “Oogie” Pringle (Scotty Beckett) and Carol Pringle (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) are seniors at the local high school and have known each other all of their lives. Judy, the school’s songbird, and Oogie, conductor of the school’s orchestra, are musical collaborators and consider themselves more than friends; Judy and Carol are best friends, although Judy and Oogie are oblivious to Carol’s actions being in her best interest, often at their expense. Events before, during, and after the senior-class dance have major repercussions: on Carol’s advice, Judy’s last-minute escort is Stephen I. Andrews (Robert Stack), nephew of local druggist “Pop” Sam Scully (Lloyd Corrigan). Stephen, a war veteran in town for the summer earning college money as Pop’s soda jerk, becomes Judy’s new love interest, although she’s unaware whether it’s just to make Oogie jealous or if it’s an idolization of an older man. Carol falls for him too and does whatever she can to “steal” him from Judy without Judy even knowing. But Stephen is aware of the rivalry and knows about Carol’s entitled nature and the probable reason behind it. Oogie tries to win Judy back by following the advice of people he trusts. What happens amongst this quartet is complicated by a misunderstanding about Melvin’s 20th Anniversary surprise for his wife Dora Foster (Selena Royle)..
Plot: Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy’s relationship with Carol’s bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy’s father — who is only taking innocent dance lessons.
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	6.5/10 Votes: 1,334
	57% | RottenTomatoes
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Reviews:

“There Are People, Meeting People, There Is Sunshine Everywhere”
A Date With Judy probably is Jane Powell’s career role, maybe even more so than Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. It’s Jane at her juvenile cuteness with the movie song probably most identified with her.

Amazingly enough, It’s A Most Unusual Day did not even get nominated for the Oscar sweepstakes that year which saw the best song as Buttons and Bows. Still the Jimmy McHugh-Harold Adamson song has an enduring quality, it’s one eternally optimistic tune. Jane sings it so well.

The movie is based on a popular radio series of the time and in a few years it would move on to television where Judy Foster and Oogie Pringle would continue the everlasting courtship.

In this film we have two story lines working in tandem. War veteran Robert Stack working as a soda jerk, putting himself through college, and interested in both Jane Powell as Judy or Oogie Pringle’s older sister Carol, who is Elizabeth Taylor. Jane is pretty, but Elizabeth was drop dead gorgeous. Is that ever a no brainer.

The second is Judy’s dad, Wallace Beery learning the rumba from Carmen Miranda, so he can surprise mom, Selena Royle on their anniversary. Of course Powell and Taylor mistake the meaning of those office rendezvous.

In true family film fashion it all works out in the end. One thing I never understood is why any kid like Scotty Beckett would want to be tagged with the moniker of Oogie even though it’s short for Ogden. What a name to go through life with.

Jane sings divinely though and that’s the real reason for watching this pleasing, but terribly dated family film.

Fun with Judy and Co.
Jane Powell and company hit a home run with this sweet and fun outing from MGM with music courtesy of Xavier Cugat and Carmen Miranda. Miranda fans will have to wait for the last 30 minutes for her two numbers, but they’re worth it.

The movie centers on Judy’s love life and steady boyfriend, Ogden “Oogie,” played by Scotty Beckett. Because he doesn’t pick her up for a school dance and sends a “mere child,” she gets miffed and drops him cold. The rest of the film has “Oogie” miserable and wanting back in the fold, with “Judy” giving him a hard time. Meanwhile, soda-jerk-for-the-summer Robert Stack is on hand to escort her to the dance, allowing her to make “Oogie” jealous. Elizabeth Taylor is great as “Oogie”‘s sister (they both come from a rich family), who is a spoiled brat and dominates everything, getting her way all the time and who of course takes an instant liking to Robert Stack.

Also, Wallace Beery, in a musical-comedy of all places!, is Jane Powell’s pop, who finally learns to rumba to please his wife of 20 years and wants to surprise her on their wedding anniversary. Of course, he’s taught by Miss Miranda and complications arise. Jane Powell has a little brother, who spouts fresh comments, and a sweet grandfather, who misses his deceased wife.

If I haven’t made you nostalgic feeling describing this old-fashioned movie, then you must be a Grinch. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this quick, witty and feel good movie. Granted Miss Powell’s songs aren’t anything too memorable, but the majority of them are upbeat and cute. I personally like the slow ones. She does a sing a sweet one for her grandpa, which was her grandmother’s favorite.

Lastly, I’ll say that this movie has always seemed somewhat like the Archie comics to me brought to life, in MGM style, due mostly to the fact that Elizabeth’s character is practically “Veronica Lodge.” Jane Powell could be “Betty Cooper” maybe, but I doubt “Betty” could sing like her. But with the soda shop/pharmacy as the hangout, it does feel like Archie’s hometown of Riverdale, but without a true Archie here.

If you’re looking for the days of yore, when life was simple and bright, or just need a picker-upper, then this is for you. “A Date with Judy” will make you feel better long after the date’s over.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 53 min (113 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director Richard Thorpe
Writer Dorothy Cooper, Dorothy Kingsley, Aleen Leslie
Actors Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor (color)
Film Length 3,104.69 m (UK)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm