Overview
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....
Director and cast
- Anthony Mann Director
- Mary Lee as Janie Farnsworth
- Louis Calhern as Curtis Farnsworth
- Gladys George as Eve Hawthorne
- Jackie Moran as Charles Grant Jr.
- Lee Patrick as Miss Pennington
- Benny Bartlett as The Deacon
- Marcia Mae Jones as Lois
- Roberta Smith as Texas Gleason
- Lloyd Corrigan as Charles Grant Sr.
- Jonathan Hale as Jason Rhodes
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