1946's Margie mostly takes the form of a flashback to 1928, as now adult Margie describes her high school days to her daughter.
At first, I found it slightly annoying that they were checking off every item on the list of corny things from the roaring twenties--raccoon coats, megaphones, The Charleston--but the story does feel like it represents the time. As he story progressed, I came to enjoy it.
Teenage Margie lives with her grandmother in a Victorian home decorated with all the gewgaws of its time. But the grandmother also displays a chain and lock she used to chain herself to the White House in support of women's suffrage back in her day.
Margie copes with the usual teenage issues: juvenile boys, crushes on older men, discovering the fine line between sophistication and impropriety. She also has a problem with bloomers that is a little much.
I thought that Jeanne Crain's portrayal of Margie was fairly realistic and heartwarming. Compare Susan Strasburg's role in the movie Picnic. Both struggle with the supposed conflict between intelligence and beauty/desirability.
In 1948, Jeanne Crain will appear (again with Barbara Lawrence) in You Were Meant for Me, which takes place in 1929.
At first, I found it slightly annoying that they were checking off every item on the list of corny things from the roaring twenties--raccoon coats, megaphones, The Charleston--but the story does feel like it represents the time. As he story progressed, I came to enjoy it.
Teenage Margie lives with her grandmother in a Victorian home decorated with all the gewgaws of its time. But the grandmother also displays a chain and lock she used to chain herself to the White House in support of women's suffrage back in her day.
Margie copes with the usual teenage issues: juvenile boys, crushes on older men, discovering the fine line between sophistication and impropriety. She also has a problem with bloomers that is a little much.
I thought that Jeanne Crain's portrayal of Margie was fairly realistic and heartwarming. Compare Susan Strasburg's role in the movie Picnic. Both struggle with the supposed conflict between intelligence and beauty/desirability.
In 1948, Jeanne Crain will appear (again with Barbara Lawrence) in You Were Meant for Me, which takes place in 1929.