Summer Holiday (1948 film)

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.

Contents

• Summer holiday 1947 trailer
• Agnes moorehead summer holiday clip
• Cast
• Reception
• References

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.