summer holiday be the forgotten musical version of eugene oneill ah wilderness and deservedly so with the broadway musical adaptation of take me along . with the exception of the stanley steamer song and none of the other harry warren ralph blane song be worth remembering and even that one be questionable . it be right after the release of this film that mgm let mickey rooney go and i do not think it be a coincidence . the film be make in 1946 and release in 1948 and so mickey be 26 play an andy hardy like teenager . he be just way too old for the part of the 17 year old who be affect radical idea in a spirit of youthful rebellion . rooney make four film for mgm from 1946 to 1948 and this one and killer mccoy a remake of robert taylor a crowd roar and love laugh at andy hardy and word and music . in all of them rooney be play an adult part . even in the andy hardy film and mickey play an adult andy hardy return from world war ii . why he be in this louis b. mayer only know . rooney bad casting make summer holiday all the bad because in the original ah wilderness the emphasis be on the father character play here by walter huston . and in the broadway show take me along which win a tony award for jackie gleason and the great one play the inebriated brother in law uncle sid here play by frank morgan and that the central character . gloria dehaven step in for judy garland a rooney sweet and adorable girl friend and marilyn maxwell play the show girl who give rooney an adult education . in the original play oneill have her a a prostitute and but this be the hollywood of the code so all marilyn do be get young rooney souse . a lot of really talented people have a hand in this one and they do their best and but summer holiday fade rather quickly into a chilly autumn .