The Reluctant Debutante (film)

The Reluctant Debutante is a 1958 Metrocolor comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and William DouglasHome based on DouglasHomes play of the same name. The music score is by Eddie Warner and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg.

When 17yearold Jane Broadbent Sandra Dee comes to London to live with her wealthy father Jimmy Broadbent Rex Harrison, her stepmother Sheila Kay Kendall feels compelled by her social aspirations to introduce her to society. Jane is bored by the debutante balls she attends and the young men she is introduced to, but becomes interested in a drummer named David Parkson John Saxon, who has a reputation for leading young women astray. To complicate matters, David Fenner Peter Myers relentlessly pursues Jane, even though she openly detests him.As it turns out, Parksons reputation is undeserved, but Sheila is convinced otherwise, and she tries to keep him away from Jane. Sheilas garrulous friend Mabel Angela Lansbury interferes with Sheilas attempts to separate the two in order to secure David Fenner for her own daughter, Clarissa Diane Clare. ........

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