Seventeen-year-old Ruth Gordon Jones (Jean Simmons) has only one desire: to be an actress like her heroine, Hazel Dawn (Kay Williams). But Ruth's father (Spencer Tracy) is adamant that she will get a real job, like P.E. teacher, and stop fooling around.
Considering the cast and pedigree of this movie (directed by George Cukor from the memoir of actress Ruth Gordon), it's odd that it seems to have fallen by the wayside. This was a bitch to find. It's not streaming on any service and wasn't even available to rent. I had to go to LookMovie2 to find it. That being said, the overall feel is maudlin and a little hammy, if I'm honest. Still, it's worth tracking down for Tracy's performance. Nobody played gruff-curmudgeon-with-a-heart-of-gold like him. And it's the debut film of Anthony Perkins.
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