The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 film by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
- May 5, 1950 (1950-05-05)
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The Reformer and the Redhead is a 1950 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, and starring June Allyson and Dick Powell.[2]
Plot
Kathleen Maguire is the daughter of a long-time zookeeper, Dr. Kevin G. Maguire, who is fired from his job for political reasons. She turns for help to a crusading young attorney, Andrew Rockton Hale. Trouble comes in the form of both political corruption and a loose lion.
Cast
- June Allyson as Kathleen Maguire
- Dick Powell as Andrew Rockton Hale
- David Wayne as Arthur Colner Maxwell
- Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Kevin G. Maguire
- Ray Collins as Commodore John Balwind Parker
- Robert Keith as Tim Harveigh
- Marvin Kaplan as Leon
- Kathleen Freeman as Lily Rayton Parker
- Wally Maher as Jerry Nolard Boyle
- Alex Gerry as James I. Michell
- Charles Evens as Mr. Eberle
- Paul Maxey as Thompson
Uncredited:
- Matt Moore as butler
- John Hamilton as police captain
- Frank Sully as officer
- Mario Siletti as Italian storekeeper
- Theodore Von Eltz as announcer
- Jerry Paris as page boy
- Mae Clarke as clerk
- Spring Byington as voice of Kathleen's mother
- Tor Johnson as big Finnish man
- Edward Peil, Sr. as gateman
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $1,688,000 in the US and Canada and $439,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $214,000.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (April 10, 1950). "The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)". The New York Times.
- ^ "Top Grosses of 1950". Variety. January 3, 1951. p. 58.
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Films directed by Melvin Frank
- The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
- Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
- Above and Beyond (1952)
- Knock on Wood (1954)
- The Court Jester (1955)
- That Certain Feeling (1956)
- The Jayhawkers! (1959)
- Li'l Abner (1959)
- The Facts of Life (1960)
- Strange Bedfellows (1965)
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
- A Touch of Class (1973)
- The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
- The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
- Lost and Found (1979)
- Walk Like a Man (1987)
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