I Could Go On Singing
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| Directed by | Ronald Neame |
| Produced by | Stuart Millar, Lawrence Turman |
| Written by | Robert Dozier (story), Mayo Simon (screenplay), Dirk Bogarde (uncredited) |
| Starring | Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman, Gregory Phillips |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | March 1963 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Language | English |
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I Could Go On Singing is a 1963 film starring Judy Garland (in her final film role) and Dirk Bogarde.
Although not a huge box office success on release, mostly due to its soap opera type plot, it won Garland much praise for her performance. In Bogarde's autobiographies and in the 2004 biography, it is recounted that Judy Garland's lines were substantially rewritten by Bogarde (with Garland's consent)[1]
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[edit] Story
Judy Garland plays a superstar singer, not unlike herself, named Jenny Bowman. She had met a man 15-16 years before, who was now a prominent physician, played by superb British star Dirk Bogarde, and they had produced a child called Matt. Jenny wants to finally see him, but in the end is left to her true home, the stage. Originally titled The Lonely Stage, it was renamed I Could Go On Singing, so that audiences would know it was the first time Garland sang in a movie since A Star Is Born in 1954. The movie contains some thrilling Garland concert musical numbers including By Myself, Hello Bluebird, It Never Was You, and the title song.
[edit] Other Credits
- Title Song by: Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
- Music Supervision: Saul Chaplin
- Associate Producer: Dennis Holt
- Photography: Arthur Ibbetson
- Editor: John Shirley
- Art Direction: Wilfred Singleton
Filmed: April 1962 - May 1962 (Judy was 39)
[edit] Cast
- Judy Garland ... Jenny Bowman
- Dirk Bogarde ... David Donne
- Jack Klugman ... George Kogan
- Gregory Phillips ... Matt
- Aline MacMahon ... Ida
- Pauline Jameson ... Miss Plimpton
- Jeremy Burnham ... Hospital surgeon
and guests:
- Russell Waters
- Leon Cortez
- Gerald Sim
- Joey Luft ... extra on boat
- Lorna Luft ... extra on boat
[edit] Musical Program
- I Am the Monarch of the Sea (Judy Garland and Boys)
- Hello Bluebird (Judy Garland)
- It Never Was You (Judy Garland)
- By Myself (Judy Garland)
- I Could Go On Singing (Judy Garland)
[edit] Film Reviews
"Either you are or you aren't - a Judy Garland fan that is. And if you aren't, forget about her new movie, I Could Go On Singing, and leave the discussion to us devotees. You'll see her in close-up...in beautiful, glowing Technicolor and striking staging in a vibrant, vital performance that gets to the essence of her mystique as a superb entertainer. Miss Garland is - as always - real, the voice throbbing, the eyes aglow, the delicate features yielding to the demands of the years - the legs still long and lovely. Certainly the role of a top-rank singer beset by the loneliness and emotional hungers of her personal life is not an alien one to her..." - Judith Crist, The New York Herald Tribune
"3 stars...Judy Garland is back on screen in a role that might have been custom-tailored for her particular talents. A new song, I Could Go On Singing, provides her with a little clowning, a chance to be gay, a time for wistfulness, an occasion for tears. She and Dirk Bogarde play wonderfully well together, even though the script itself insists on their being mismatched..." - Dorothy Masters, The New York Daily News
[edit] Soundtrack and Video/DVD releases
It was released on video in 1989, and on DVD in 2004. The soundtrack album was released at the time of the original movie release, and appeared on CD in 2002 along with the Garland album That's Entertainment!
[edit] External link
- The Judy Garland Online Discography "I Could Go On Singing" pages.
- The Judy Movie Page at "The Judy Garland Is The Best Website"
[edit] References
- ^ John Coldstream, Dirk Bogarde, Weidenfeld and Nicholson 2004, p. 287
