I Could Go on Singing (1963)

Director:

Ronald Neame

Writers:

Robert Dozier (story)
Mayo Simon (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 October 1963 (Finland)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

IT'S JUDY! Lighting up the lonely stage in the singing-acting role of her life!

Plot:

Jenny Bowman (Judy Garland) is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium...

Plot Keywords:

Lateness | Prescription | Cigarette Smoking | Church | Airplane

Cast

Judy Garland	...	Jenny Bowman
Dirk Bogarde	...	David Donne
Jack Klugman	...	George
Aline MacMahon	...	Ida
Gregory Phillips	...	Matt
Russell Waters	...	Reynolds
Pauline Jameson	...	Miss Plimpton
Jeremy Burnham	...	Young Hospital Doctor
Eric Woodburn
Robert Rietty
Gerald Sim	...	Assistant Mgr. at the Palladium
David Lee	...	Pianist
Leon Cortez	...	The Busker
Al Paul
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Layton
Joey Luft	...	Extra on boat
Lorna Luft	...	Extra on boat

Also Known As:

The Lonely Stage (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Barbican Films

Trivia:

Originally, Judy Garland had prerecorded the tender ballad "It Never Was You" (music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson) with full orchestral backing arranged and conducted by Mort Lindsey. When filming on a mock-up of the London Palladium stage, Miss Garland chose to sing live on the set, accompanied by just pianist David Lee. Capitol Records, in 2006, released the star's initial version on a CD collection called "The Essential Judy Garland." Her rendition used in the movie has been brought back on the CD soundtrack from the Collectables label.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Chop Suey (2001)

Soundtrack:

I COULD GO ON SINGING

Classic late Garland

To be honest, I am not REALLY a Judy Garland fanatic, even though I ought to be. I found her TV show extremely entertaining when I saw them on DVD, and, well, how can one NOT be entertained by the Wizard Of Oz? And I've seen snippets of her here and there. I begin this review of 'I Could Go On Singing' saying this and defending my uh, un-Judy Garland obsessiveness, and then say that I found this movie incredibly entertaining! It's as if they got her to play herself during the last portion of her life, what, being a total singing diva, and let the audience go home happy. In this movie, she plays a famous singer who meets up with an old flame (played low-key to the hilt by Dirk Bogarde) to try to meet up with her son who she abandoned long ago, soon after meeting, she wants to keep him! But Bogarde says no! Oh no! What is she to do? Yes, that's pretty much the plot. But who cares when you get to see La Judy in action, singing, bitching and chewing everyone up and spitting everyone out? This is nothing but fun, and well, not Kramer Vs. Kramer. I really would recommend this to anyone, because this could entertain anyone, Judy fan or not (I tell you I'm not!!!!)