Two Weeks with Love (1950)

Director:

Roy Rowland

Writers:

John Larkin (story)
Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 November 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

The Robinson family, father, mother and two daughters, are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills...

Plot Keywords:

Singing | Singer | Song | Coming Of Age | Dancer

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

Runtime:

Germany:90 min | USA:92 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:G (TV rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #14648) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | West Germany:12

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

During the "That's How I Love You" song Debbie Reynolds' character (Melba) plays the French horn. Debbie Reynolds actually played the French horn in high school.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Horatio Robinson: Give that man some pants!

Movie Connections:

Featured in What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)

A fabulous feast of technicolour innocence

They don't make films like this anymore there simply aren't the margins in them. If they did the sex and jokes would hit you in the face and you would miss the point that subtlety and slapstick can mix well together on occasion. This film is half a century old and it probably shows to the more sophisticated contemporary film goer/maker. To me it was a film that I have seen only twice when in my teens but both times it instilled in me a warmth and humour that I have rarely known in a film since. Hooray for Debbie Reynolds! Hooray for Ricardo M! And not an inch of stocking or @#*~ word in sight! Sit back and enjoy.