Summer Holiday

Summer HolidayTwo artists who know all about translating America into Americana Arthur Freed, who produced Meet Me in St. Louis, and Rouben Mamoulian, who directed the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! work some turn of the century magic again with Summer Holiday. This Technicolor glorious version of Eugene O'Neill's beloved coming of age play Ah, Wilderness! boasts Harry Warren Ralph Blane tunes as spirited as the 4th of July. The splendid cast is headed

let Yogi & the Invasion of the Space Bears take over your house

But the land of the Azteca mixes menace and enchantment

a law-abiding Broadway press agent

establishing his credentials as a screen heartthrob) that forms the tale's poignant heart

slapped faces

When a test of the torpedo turns fatal

and battles or takes it with agreeable grace and jauntiness

It's up to ex-CIA operative Bill Fenner to uncover the mystery

who's plunged into Vietnam-era intrigue after another agent is murdered before he can deliver a crucial message to the U

Italian director Antonio Margheriti (aka Anthony Dawson) did it again with another low-budget

Jim Backus

Pack your bags for one of movie history's greatest trips