In this light-weight Disney family fare, Dean Jones plays Johnny Baxter, who -- along with his wife Sue (Nancy Olsen) and his two kids, Chris (Kathleen Cody) and Richard (Johnny Whittaker) -- decides to leave the New York City rat-race for the clean air and easy living of the Colorado ski country. Baxter has inherited a decaying Gothic mansion and, with the love of his family and a little bit of money, he converts the old house into a popular ski lodge. While preparing his lodge for the tourists and ski bums, Baxter has to deal with a few plumbing problems, a scheming banker (Keenan Wynn), and a grizzled old miner (Harry Morgan). In typical Disney fashion, the plot culminates in a wild, slapstick snowmobile race.
Dean Jones and Disney team up again for a fun and funny film. A man who feels like a cog in a machine thinks he the luckiest man alive when he inherits a hotel. But he soon finds that his luck may not be that great when the hotel has more than enough problems for his whole family.
This four-film box set from Turner Classic Movies pays homage to Judy Garland (1922-69), arguably the most beloved female musical comedy star of classic Hollywood. The Garland titles featured here include: Summer Stock (1950), The Harvey Girls (1946), For Me and My Gal (1942) and In the Good Old Summertime (1949).
A great collection of musicals. Summer Stock and For Me and My Gal are the highlights of the collection and show case the chemistry between Garland and Kelly. It's nice to be reminded of the classic musical era.