Margie (film)

Margie is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry King and starring Jeanne Crain, about a high school girl in the 1920s who develops a crush on her French teacher. Margie was a boxoffice hit, ranking in the tophighestgrossing films of the year, and established Crain as an important Fox star. Although not a true movie musical as it uses period recordings, with only one song being partially performed by a character in the film, it is sometimes classified with musicals due to the large number of 1920sera popular songs incorporated as nostalgic background in the film.

In 1946, Margie Jeanne Crain is a housewife reminiscing about her high school days with her own teenage daughter, who has just discovered her mothers old photo album in the attic. In a flashback to the 1920s, Margie is a highspirited girl living with her dominant but goodhearted Grandmother McSweeney Esther Dale. Her mother has died and her father Hobart Cavanaugh, the local mortician, lives apart from Margie and her grandmother, only visiting on Wednesday due to his busy work schedule, and sometimes not even staying long enough to see his daughter. The youngest girl in her class, Margie does very well at her schoolwork, but she is not socially adept and wears oldfashioned clothing, including bloomers that frequently fall down. By contrast, her pretty and fashionable neighbor Marybelle Tenor Barbara Lawrence wears short skirts and lipstick and dates the popular but dimwitted captain of the football team, Johnny Green Conrad Janis. Margie secretly has a crush on Johnny, but he regards her as a pain in the neck. When Margie meets the handsome new French teacher at her high school, Professor Ralph Fontayne Glenn Langan, she becomes even more smitten with him, and he seems to take an interest in her as well. Meanwhile, Margies bumbling classmate Roy Hornsdale Alan Young is in love with her, and constantly attempts to court her despite her disinterest in him.Margie participates in a school debate and is excited that both her father and Mr. Fontayne attend. Margies father is impressed with her debating skills and proud of her. Afterwards, at the skating rink, Margie gets a chance to skate with Johnny but while they are skating, her bloomers fall down. Mr. Fontayne, who is looking on, saves her from public embarrassment by hiding them and tactfully returning them to her later. ........

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