A Date with Judy (1948)


A Date with Judy
Release Date29 July 1948
TaglineThe best date you ever had!
GenreComedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsSanta Barbara, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Comedy
ThemesLove Triangles
TonesHumorous, Light, Warm, Upbeat, Easygoing
TagsBoyfriend, Brother, Dance Lessons, Friendship, Love Triangle, Teenagers

A Date with Judy is a 1948 MGM musical film starring Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, and Elizabeth Taylor. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the movie was based on a radio series of the same name.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Melvin R. Foster

Judy Foster

Carol Pringle

Rosita Cochellas

Himself

Stephen Andrews

Ogden 'Oogie' Pringle

Mrs. Foster

Lucien T. Pringle

Pop Scully

Jerry Hunter
Randolph Foster

Jean McLaren
Mitzie

Polly Bailey
Elderly Woman

Paul Bradley
Headwaiter

Fern Eggen
Pringle's Secretary

Rumba Dance Floor Extra

Eula Guy
Miss Clarke, Melvin's Secretary

Buddy Howard
Jo-Jo Hoffenpepper

Rena Lenart
Olga

Harold Miller
Rumba Dance Floor Extra

Judy's first date escort

Francis Pierlot
Prof. Green

Sheila Stein
Little Girl in Drugstore

Marcia Van Dyke
Undetermined Role

Lillian Yarbo
Nightingale, the Fosters' Maid

Director

Richard Thorpe
-

Producer

Dorothy Cooper
writer

Aleen Leslie
characters

producer

Cinematographer

Robert Surtees
-

Editor

Harold F. Kress
-

Art Director

Paul Groesse
-

Set Decorator

Richard Pefferle

Edwin B. Willis
-

Costume Designer

Helen Rose
-

Makeup Department

hair stylist

Production Manager

Hugh Boswell
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jerome Bergman
assistant director

Sound Department

Norwood A. Fenton
sound

Special Effects

Warren Newcombe
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Virgil Apger
still photographer

Albert Hunter
grip

Al Lane
camera operator

Music Department

Leo Arnaud
orchestrator

Robert Franklyn
orchestrator

Ernesto Lecuona
composer: song "Ali Baba"

Albert Sendrey
orchestrator

George Stoll
musical director

Other Crew

choreographer

Henri Jaffa
associate technicolor color director

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

Mollie Kent
script supervisor

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
-

Distributor

MGM-International Dist.
-

Warner Home Video






Navigation Boxes
The films of Richard Thorpe
20 Mule Team (1940)
A Date with Judy
Athena (1954)
Barnacle Bill (1941)
Big Jack (1949)
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Green Eyes (1934)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Malaya (1949)
The Bad Man (1941)
The Prodigal (1955)
The Toy Wife (1938)
The Utah Kid (1930)