The "shoddy" look reported in an earlier post is not due to Republic Pictures. This was a pickup pic as none of the production crew were ever a part of that company. Even the sound system is different; Western Electric instead of Republic's RCA sound system.

Sometimes I like a movie that got poor reviews, and sometimes I dislike a movie that got good reviews. So I decided to watch this movie inspite of the poor reviews, and well, the poor reviews were right. It's not really worth watching. This movie could have been better if it was rewritten as a comedy and starred Bob Hope.

I recommend "It's The Natural Thing To Do", a Popeye cartoon available on this website. It sets you up to truly get the most out of "Song For Miss Julie".

Impossible artsy fartsy movie that you feel was almost made for the upper echelons of the society with its insipid comedy of manners of Southerners vs New Yorkers.
A play is being written about an older actor. His Southerner granddaughter holds the rights to his estate, and is rather reluctant to give info about her grandfather to some visiting New York playrights. This soon disinigrates into a full family relative comes forward with some new information.
This story again, is all treated too stiffly and so hoity toity that this is impossible to like. The music numbers are laughably forgettable, and the acting is marginal, at best.
For sadists only.

SONG FOR MISS JULIE has a script full of cliches-
even for 1945. Besides a weak story, the songs
and musical numbers are mediocre. The actors try, but don't have much of a script to show off their talent. Add to this the low production budget from Repulic pictures, and you got a dud.

gmm
now where's the rum

I'm afraid this film did very little for me. I didn't find myself really caring about the characters, or the story that unfolded

There are some nice comic moments and lines. In particular I liked the scene where the lemonade punch is spiked, getting everyone drunk. Also, there are some nice songs.

However, overall, the film didn't do much for me.

A Song for Miss Julie aims a little higher than it can reach in its efforts to be witty and urbane, but you can't fault it for trying. While the dialogue isn't exactly Oscar Wilde, it's snappy enough, and the actors seem to enjoy their Shakespeare references and put-downs. Oddly, though the first two thirds of the story is set in the South, almost nobody has a Southern accent -- at least not a very good one. The one exception is the African-American maid, whose stereotypical speech pattern is slightly redeemed with couple of snarky asides.

What makes this film worth the download is the clever, low-budget musical numbers. The over-the-top, and possibly intentionally campy solo pirate dance is a hoot.