I love "I Could Go On Singing," a film easy to be critical of but between the concert scenes (not enough) and the story (not enough depth) we get to view a side of the real "Judy Garland" mixed in with a character and it is a sad tragedy that reminds you of her enormous talents!For those with "Comcast" for many months could pay $2.99 to view regular screenings of this film under "films/music" or pay $3.99 to see a brand new clean widescreen copy with the most beautiful images and color as shown in HD. A couple of months ago COMCAST pulled that version.It's a crime. At the end of that version it was strange for it reads "it can be bought on blu ray by Sony."I only wish.I also wish the story between the three characters would have been expanded...if there were at least deleted scenes to be found for a blu ray transfer.

While playing the London Palladium, popular torch singer Judy Garland (as Jenny Bowman) sees doctor Dirk Bogarde (as David Donne) for a sore throat, but she really wants to visit the child they conceived during a New York love affair. Married to her career, Ms. Garland agreed it was best to let Mr. Bogarde legally adopt their son with another woman, since deceased. Presently, teenage Gregory Phillips (as Matt) is studying at Canterbury; he thinks Bogarde is his adopted father and has no clue Garland may be his mother. This sounds like an implausible soap opera entanglement, but you go along as the story unfolds...Father finally relents, and brings Garland to meet their son. The mother and child reunion goes so well, they become inseparable, unbeknownst to Bogarde. There is, of course, some conflict to resolve. This was the second of two final feature films for Garland, though she continued to be taped and filmed in many fine appearances before burning out in 1969. Both this and "A Child Is Waiting" take into consideration Garland's emotional state; here and there, her rough edges become part of the characterization. With the exception of the frighteningly reddened rendition of "By Myself", her musical abilities are presented well.Bogarde is a great co-starring choice; he reportedly brought out the best in Judy. Jack Klugman (as George) and Aline MacMahon (as Ida) lend sturdy support. Key to the film's success is the marvelous performance by young Phillips, who keeps the story moving and believable under arguably difficult circumstances. He and Garland have great chemistry, and she has some superb dramatic scenes. Nevertheless, there would be no more feature films for Garland. Her behavior on the set could be described by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "When she was good, she was very good indeed, but when she was bad she was horrid." ******** I Could Go on Singing (3/7/63) Ronald Neame ~ Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Gregory Phillips, Jack Klugman

As melodramas of the time go, this is a an entertaining piece. The scenes of London, like those of 'Alfie', are full of an exciting, rebuilt city, about to start to swing. New skyscrapers, helicopters and jet airliners to me add a great excitement to the background of the film.And with a cast like this film had, it cannot fail to entrance you further. But when you realise that this is Judy Garland in her last film role, playing a person who is obviously very similar to her, then it becomes fascinating. I am not a big Judy Garland fan, but I found myself captivated by this film. The addition of Dirk Bogarde and others was the icing on the cake!

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!!!!)