NR | 1 hr 32 min | musical, comedy, romance| 1950
School is now out across the country, so many American families are using this time to take a short weekend getaway, or even a longer holiday.
One classic film which depicts the events of a family’s summer vacation is 1950’s “Two Weeks With Love,” an MGM musical set at the turn of the century. It stars Jane Powell as Patti, a 17-year-old girl who falls in love for the first time during her family’s two-week vacation in the Catskills.
(L–R foreground) McCormick Robinson (Gary Gray), Horatio Robinson (Louis Calhern), Katherine Robinson (Ann Harding), and Patti Robinson (Jane Powell), in “Two Weeks With Love.” (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
An Average American Family
“Two Weeks With Love” follows the Robinson family: the father Horatio (Louis Calhern), mother Katherine (Ann Harding), daughters Patti (Powell) and Melba (Debbie Reynolds), and two younger sons, McCormick (Gary Gray) and Ricky (Tommy Rettig). Another guest at the hotel is Patti’s friend Valerie Stresemann (Phyllis Kirk), an actress who acts superior to Patti, although she is only two years older….