Two Weeks with Love (1950)

The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti... See full summary »

Director:

Roy Rowland

Writers:

John Larkin (story), John Larkin (screenplay),

Stars:

Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Louis Calhern

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jane Powell	...	Patti Robinson
Ricardo Montalban	...	Demi Armendez
Louis Calhern	...	Horatio Robinson
Ann Harding	...	Katherine Robinson
Phyllis Kirk	...	Valerie Stresemann
Carleton Carpenter	...	Billy Finlay
Debbie Reynolds	...	Melba Robinson
Clinton Sundberg	...	Mr. Finlay
Gary Gray	...	McCormick Robinson
Tommy Rettig	...	Ricky Robinson
Charles Smith	...	Eddie Gavin

Storyline

The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti is at a disadvantage because her parents think she is too young for boys. But with Patti singing at an amateur show and a dance, her adventures in quest of Armendez ends happily.

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Plot Keywords:

singing | lolita | coming of age | family relationships | singer | 

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Taglines:

The Gayest LOVE STORY EVER FILMED! (original print ad - many caps)

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

Duas Semanas de Amor

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 92 min (Turner library print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 8, 1952 with Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds and Ricardo Montalban reprising their film roles.

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Goofs

As the parents (Horatio and Katherine) are getting ready to go to "the dance", daughter (Patti) ties her dad's bow tie. She is behind his back and cannot see that she is not tying it centered on her dad's celluloid collar. When the scene changes, she has finished tying it and it is neatly centered on his collar.

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Quotes

Horatio Robinson: Give that man some pants!

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Connections

Featured in That's Entertainment! (1974)

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Soundtracks

"The Oceana Roll"
(uncredited)
Music by Lucien Denni
Lyrics by Roger Lewis
Sung by Jane Powell and others

User Reviews

A gem

When people ask the question "Why don't they make musicals anymore?" I find that it is quite easily answered: "Well, the genre was perfected in classical Hollywood." We can never get to that point again, and can only hope for re-invention, which we kind of got this past year with Moulin Rouge. However, that film cannot compare with the musicals of the 30s and 50s, nor can any other musical (at least from what I've seen) of the past 20 years.

I had never heard of Two Weeks with Love, and only began to watch it because there was nothing else on when I sat down to eat my lunch. I missed the first 15 minutes or so, but the plot was simple enough to reconstruct: a family goes on vacation in the Catskills around the turn of the Twentieth Century, and the middle of three daughters (Jane Powell), Patty, 17 in age, feels that she is becoming an adult. Her parents treat her like a child, though, and won't allow her to where a corset, the symbol of young womanhood. Another guest in their hotel is Demy, a Cuban gentleman played by none other than Ricardo Montalban (how old is this guy? this film was made in 1950!). He's a bit older than Patty, but she is extraordinarily attracted to him. Her older sister, Valerie, tries to trick her into screwing up when she's in front of him (she wants him, too), and her younger sister, Melba, thinks Patty's a nut. Debbie Reynolds, cute as ever, plays Melba, two years before Singin' in the Rain.

This film has a lot of great musical numbers, but it can go a long time at some points without one. However, it's so entertaining even without the music that I was never impatiently waiting for the next one to occur. The humor is marvelous. The dialogue is very clever, and there are actually a lot of sexual innuendoes. Some of them may not have been meant. For instance, one scene has Patty explaining to Demy how she would cling to him if she fell into a lake. She wraps her arms tightly around this pole that looks far too much like a penis to suggest anything else.

I hope someday that I'll be able to see the first 15 minutes that I missed. Perhaps then I'll give it a 10, but for now I'll give it a 9/10.