An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.An aging actress refuses to admit she is too old to play the ingénue role anymore.
- Awards
- 1 win total
Marion Ross
- Patty
- (as Marian Ross)
Brandon Beach
- Diner at Sardi's
- (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
- Actor in Play
- (uncredited)
James Carlisle
- Diner at Sardi's
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Club Patron
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaSir James M. Barrie's original play, which is a short piece of less than an hour in length, dates from 1912 and is set in a small rural boarding-house "far from London", where a famous actress has elaborately disguised herself as a dowdy middle-aged type in order to escape from adoring admirers and her frantic celebrity lifestyle in the metropolis. As this indicates, this movie adaptation is a very free one.
- GoofsCrux of plot hinges on efforts of a Broadway producer and playwright to find ideal actresses to star in a play about a troubled mother/daughter relationship. Yet when the pair attends a summer stock production of the play, large poster outside theatre only includes photos of actress playing daughter and two male co-stars - completely ignoring actress who plays crucial mother role that's been talked about throughout entire film.
- Quotes
Clara Mootz aka Sally Carver: How many drinks have you had, Mr. Phillips?
E. Harry Phillips: Innumerable. And the fact that I can still say "innumerable" suggests that that's nowhere near enough!
- Crazy creditsIn the end credits, Pat Crowley is billed as "A future Paramount star".
- ConnectionsReferenced in Discovering Film: William Holden (2015)
Featured review
This 1954 film features Ginger Rogers and William Holden with a nice supporting role played by Paul Douglas as Ginger Roger's ex-husband. Ginger Rogers was in her early forties at the time of this film and played an actress not totally accepting of her age. The public still loved her but playing a 29 year old was beginning to strain credibility. William Holden played an unknown playwright with a play featuring the relationship of a 19 year old and her mother. The role was rewritten so that Ginger Rogers could play a 29 year old, once again. Won't go further into the story but I found it interesting that Ginger Rogers was brave enough to play a role like this where age was a focus. It was a surprise to see an older Ginger Rogers after only having seen her earlier movies. Overall this film was entertaining with a nice mix of comedy and drama. Well worth the time to watch.
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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