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TheLittleSongbird As somebody who would see anything with Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Powell in it, and who has gotten a lot of pleasure out of Carmen Miranda, 'A Date With Judy' was quite the treat. It is an utterly charming film with much to like and difficult to hate.It may feel overlong and twee by today's standards for some, both feelings understandable. Personally thought that there was very little to dislike about 'A Date With Judy', and its flaws are just a couple actually and very minor. It does to me go on a little longer than necessary for a story that is relatively slight, so a couple of parts lose momentum just a tad. Robert Stack, while handsome, is also a little too stiff for my liking.However, 'A Date With Judy' is a lovely-looking film, lovingly shot in glorious Technicolor (that clearly loves Taylor and Powell, not quite so kind to Wallace Beery, often seen in black and white and towards the end of his life, though) and elegant and cosy production and costume design. While not unforgettable or timeless as such, the music and songs are still very good. "Love is Where You Find It" is heart-warming and heartfelt, and it is similarly easy to see why "A Most Unusual Day" was such a hit.The script warms and touches the heart, and the storytelling while slight is warm, touching and amusing, losing very little if any of its appeal so long after the film was made and released. Richard Thorpe's direction never undermines the film's tone, which is always clear, and there is the sense that he knew what to do with the film and how to do it and that his heart was in it.Stack aside, the cast are on point. Cute as a button and exuberantly youthful Powell effortlessly charms the viewer and her singing is divine. Taylor in one of her earliest roles is so beautiful here (if not quite as much as in 'Ivanhoe' and 'Cat On a Hot Tin Roof') one can't take her eyes off her, she had a character that could easily annoy but she makes the role endearing. Scotty Beckett is amusing, while Leon Ames is movingly dignified and George Cleveland is a memorable grandfather figure.Carmen Miranda is quite the Brazilian bombshell and a definite scene stealer. A big surprise was a more restrained and sympathetic than usual Wallace Beery, who tended to be in larger-than-life and large-slice-of-ham roles, this side to him was done remarkably by him and his learning of the rumba with Miranda stays with one forever, very sweet and moving.Overall, an utterly charming film. 8/10 Bethany Cox

jarrodmcdonald-1 This MGM film benefits from strong casting and sincere dialogue, especially in the parent-child scenes. Don't miss the younger actors (especially Elizabeth Taylor and Scotty Beckett) who put real honest emotion into their parts. If only all young performers did such a great job, most of our movies would be so much better today.Jane Powell is the female lead in this picture, and as always, she is appealing. Of course, so are the other leads, Wallace Beery and Carmen Miranda. In fact, Miss Miranda nearly steals the show with her rumba lessons. But most impressive is Leon Ames, as an out- of-touch dad who realizes before it is too late, that his kids need him. I think this is his best performance.

w22nuschler This is a fine musical from the late 1940's starring Wallace Beery and the wonderful Jane Powell. She blows away Elizabeth Taylor in every way. I'm not sure how she became the bigger star than Jane did.Jane plays Judy and she is getting ready to go to a high school dance. She listens to her friend Carol(Elizabeth Taylor) about how to sing a song and what color of dress to wear. She does not know she is giving her advice to hurt her and not help her. She also gives advice to her brother Oogie(Scotty Beckett) to arrive late and wow Jane at the dance. Jane is furious when his little brother shows up to take her to the dance. She storms out and sees Stephen(Robert Stack) at the ice cream parlor. He is the nephew of the owner and he sets up Stephen to take her to the dance. She falls for him and he falls for Carol. Oogie is left looking on as he sees her kissing Stephen.Wallace Beery plays Jane's father and he has some funny scenes. He learns to dance the rumba from Carmen Miranda. he also has a good scene with Oogie where he gives him advice on how to get back Judy. Judy decides to give up on men because nothing is working out. Carol falls for Stephen, but he thinks she is spoiled and tells her father about it and blames him for ignoring her. He tries to do better. Judy gets help from Carol to spy on her dad. Judy thinks he is seeing another woman. She finds out he was only taking dancing lessons from Carmen Miranda. He dances at their wedding anniversary and Stephen ans Carol get together. Judy and Oogie are left up in the air. This is a good movie, but it could have been 20 minutes shorter.

Nazi_Fighter_David In "A Date with Judy," Liz is fully the poor little rich girl, snobbish and out for trouble because her father's real attention is elsewhere, on making money… Unhappy at home, she stirs up trouble abroad, giving naive Jane Powell bad advice on how to handle boys, and stealing one of Jane's boyfriends right out from under her twitching nose… Very pre-Lolita, a Forties style teenaged sex kitten, this is the first version of the Taylor minx and she seems highly sophisticated for a small-town high school girl, even if she is rich..."A Date with Judy" is a pleasant musical, antiseptic and cheery, suggesting Hollywood's conception of high school Life in the Forties… Like "Cynthia," the film is very class conscious, contrasting Taylor's cold, upper class household with Jane Powell's comfortable middle-class home…Typically, Liz is rich, spoiled, and reserved, but typically, too, when all is said and done, she's not bad-mannered or troublesome one; she's a good kid who just needs a little love and attention… Taylor's character finally allowed her to use the sexiness that everyone had sensed since she rode that horse in "National Velvet."