作为对她的女演员姐姐阿比盖尔的帮助，新英格兰农民简法尔伯里允许一群演员将她的谷仓用作他们戏剧的剧院。作为回报，演员和工作人员必须帮助她做农活。在排练期间，简发现自己爱上了该剧的导演乔罗斯，而乔罗斯也恰好与该剧的女主角阿比盖尔订婚。That“barnmovie”ofJudyGarlandandGeneKelly,CharlesWalters’SUMMERSTOCKmarksGarland’slastcompletedfilmforMGM,studioheadL.B.MayerterminatedhercontractedinSeptember1950onthegroundofthestar’spersonalproblemsanderraticbehavior(shewasbattlingagainstdrugaddictionandweightfluctuation),andthatmustbethecase,theoff-camerastoriesaremoreintriguingthantheonetheyarepainstakinglymakinginfrontofthecamera.Garlandvisiblydoes’tlookherageof28duringthefilming,ourdearDorothyfromTHEWIZARDOFOZ(1939)hasgrownincrediblymatron