Movie poster: A Date with Judy
I have to admit that I love old Hollywood films...they are some of the most fun to watch...and even some of the most heartbreaking. However, A Date with Judy is one of the more lighthearted ones I've ever watched. I think I caught the movie on either channel 5 or 9, they were independent stations in Los Angeles when I was a kid growing up in the 1980's out there. I was charmed by Jane Powell as Judy and how beautiful Elizabeth Taylor looked as they played high school rivals, with Judy being the girl next door.
A Date with Judy started out as a popular radio show that was aimed at a teenage audience. The studio executives at MGM wanted to bring it to film because of the growing popularity of the radio show, and showcasing the beauty of former child star Elizabeth Taylor in full Technicolor. Jane Powell was chosen to play Judy because of her strong soprano and given that MGM distributed the film is was only natural to put in music, featuring Carmen Miranda and Xavier Cugat during scenes at the high school prom.
Jane Powell sings her heart out as Judy
A teenage Elizabeth Taylor as Carol Pringle and Judy's rival
The plot of the film centers around a prom and former best friends, Judy (Powell) and Carol Pringle (Elizabeth Taylor) and their beaus. Judy's boyfriend Oogie Pringle decides not to take her to the dance and she by chance meets Stephen Andrews (Robert Stack), and who comes between Judy and Oogie.
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