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Ugly duckling Janie Farnsworth is a student at Pennington High School, and has a crush on Charles Grant, Jr., who is the writer and producer of the upcoming school play. But Chuck thinks that she is too untalented and unglamorous to have a part in his production....
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 53GoodWatch 67
IMDb5.3
Running time
1 h 11 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −35 min on the typical 106
typical 10671Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Released
1943
August 27, 1943
83 years ago
Genre
MusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 20 more33 people
- Mary LeeJanie Farnsworth
- Louis CalhernCurtis Farnsworth
- Gladys GeorgeEve Hawthorne
- Jackie MoranCharles Grant Jr.
- Lee PatrickMiss Pennington
- Benny BartlettThe Deacon
- Marcia Mae JonesLois
- RSRoberta SmithTexas Gleason
- Lloyd CorriganCharles Grant Sr.
Jonathan HaleJason Rhodes
Sylvia FieldMiss Campbell- BDBilly DawsonJerry Hoke
- BBBeverly BoydCorabelle Fiefield
William BenedictSammy (uncredited)
Al BridgeBum (uncredited)
Dick ElliottGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Robert HomansPoliceman (uncredited)- PBPat BishopAnnouncer (uncredited)
- BCBucky ComerStudent (uncredited)
Frank DarienGardener (uncredited)- PDPatty DesautelsStudent (uncredited)
Betty Jean HaineyDolly (uncredited)- JIJane IsbellStudent (uncredited)
Charles JordanDispatcher (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Anthony Mann Director
Writing · 2
- Olive Cooper Writer
- F. Hugh Herbert Story
Production · 1
- Harry Grey Producer
Camera · 1
- Jack A. Marta Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ernest J. Nims Editor
Sound · 2
- Walter Scharf Original Music Composer
- Marlin Skiles Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Russell Kimball Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Adele Palmer Costume Design
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