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Teenage Rebel is a 1956 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Ginger Rogers, Michael Rennie and Mildred Natwick. It was nominated for two Academy Awards; Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss).[2][3]
| Teenage Rebel | |
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| Directed by | Edmund Goulding |
| Written by | Charles Brackett Edmund Goulding Walter Reisch |
| Based on | A Roomful of Roses 1955 play by Edith Sommer |
| Produced by | Charles Brackett |
| Starring | Ginger Rogers Michael Rennie Mildred Natwick |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | William Mace |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $985,000[1] |
The film was an adaptation of the play A Roomful of Roses by Edith Sommer, with Betty Lou Keim and Warren Berlinger reprising their Broadway roles. Teenage Rebel was the first black-and-white CinemaScope film.[4]
Nancy Fallon (Ginger Rogers) is a divorcee who has trouble communicating with her 15-year-old daughter Dodie (Betty Lou Keim). Left in the custody of her father (Michael Rennie), Dodie feels as though her mother has deserted her.[5]
The film was based on a play, A Roomful of Roses, written by Edith Sommer. It was bought for production in 1954 bu Guthrie McClintock and Stanley Gilkek.[6] In June 1955 Patricia Neal agreed to star.[7]
The play premiered on October 17. The New York Times said the acting was "winning" and it was "written with humanity".[8]
Linda Darnell later made her stage debut in a production of the play in Phoenix Arizona.[9]
Film rights were purchased by 20th Century Fox before the play was even produced. In May 1955 Darryl F. Zanuck assigned the play to Sam Engel to produce.[10]
According to writer Walter Reisch, 20th Century Fox had a commitment with Ginger Rogers and bought the play as a vehicle for her.[11] Rogers' casting was announced in May 1956.[12]
Reisch later said it was one of his favorite films, saying "It was a beautiful idea: a girl, the daughter of a woman who had meanwhile remarried, comes to the house to meet her new family. [Edmund] Goulding directed it. We only used the nucleus, the germ of the play, and made a lovely picture, a big success. But it was in black-and-white CinemaScope; again we couldn't get the color camera."[11]
The film was known as Our Teenage Daughter and Dodie before Fox settled on Teenage Rebel. In June 1956 Betty Lou Kenim was cast in her stage role.[13] Filming started in June 1956. The movie was the only film being shot on the Fox lot.[14]
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