Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Homer Smith "Summer Holiday" is old-fashioned in the worst sense of the phrase. O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!!" is bland-ed out by the MGM factory into 'homespun' niceties with no edge and no basis in reality. The acting is exaggerated in the extreme, with everyone overreacting to everyone and indicating their characters with sledgehammer finesse. Rooney, often a very fine performer, is at his overacting worst here, far too old to play a teenager and trying far to hard to be an innocent. It's totally unbelievable. The songs are instantly forgettable and the direction is downright weird at times. There's a reason that this film sat on the studio shelf for two years, flopped upon release and ended Rooney's career at MGM. It's awful.

wes-connors It's 1906 in picturesque Dannville, Connecticut. Mature-looking 17-year-old Mickey Rooney (as Richard Miller) is looking forward to college and thinking about his first kiss with pretty high school sweetheart Gloria De Haven (as Muriel McComber). She's afraid to kiss Mr. Rooney because they might fall in love. Rooney, who has been named class valedictorian, prepares a rebellious, anti-Capitalist speech. During the summer, he goes to a bar and gets drunk. Rooney's behavior threatens to disgrace the family and end his relationship with Ms. De Haven...This musical version Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" (1933) was no fun for MGM. Its main strength is vibrant Technicolor, which serves many musicals well, but not this "Summer Holiday". Most obviously, Rooney is embarrassingly miscast. He was in MGM's superior 1935 version, in the role played herein by freckle-faced Jackie "Butch" Jenkins. Director Rouben Mamoulian uses paintings interestingly, before Rooney's graduation speech and during the Fourth of July celebration. Cedric Gibbons and his crew designed some nice streets. Still, the production is a mistake...You're better off watching the 1935 version.*** Summer Holiday (2/23/48) Rouben Mamoulian ~ Mickey Rooney, Walter Huston, Frank Morgan, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

jjnxn-1 Musicalization of Ah! Wilderness is okay with Mickey one of the oldest high school graduates you'll ever see. This was a huge flop upon release and coupled with Rooney's next film Words and Music, also a significant money loser, it signaled the end of his reign as a box office champ and a long slide until he reemerged as a character actor in his up and down career.It's the supporting cast of Huston, Morgan, Selena Royale and Marilyn Maxwell that make the picture worth seeing. Agnes Moorehead, who looks great in the period costumes, is wasted in the part of Cousin Lily which has been reduced from the original.Even though it's O'Neill's only comedy the original has touches of drama and pathos all of which have been drained from this. Still a pleasant film with gorgeous color and MGM's accustomed quality production values, the clothes in particular are beautiful, but as musicals go this is minor with no memorable songs nor dances.

edwagreen Benign musical casting Mickey Rooney and Gloria De Haven as the teenagers next door, in love, but her father is against Rooney for his views. Rooney comes off as a socialist, bookworm in this film.Agnes Moorehead stars as Cousin Lil in this film. She must have been forced under her contract to do this picture. After giving standout Oscar nominating supporting performances in "The Magnificent Ambersons," and "Johnny Belinda," the same year as this clinker, she is totally wasted in a remarkably forgettable part. She even tries to belt out a few bars, but the part was way beneath her talents.I enjoyed Walter Huston's brief singing at the beginning of the film. Selena Royale plays her usual dutiful mother.Frank Morgan, Moorehead's love interest in the film, is his usual lively self. He knows how to touch the bottle, but yet is warm and sincere.