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4.7

Peggy

NR·1950·76m

Comedy

Summary

Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.

Cast

Diana Lynn

Peggy Brookfield

Charles Coburn

Professor Brookfield

Charlotte Greenwood

Mrs. Emilia Fielding

Barbara Lawrence

Susan Brookfield

Charles Drake

Tom Fielding

Rock Hudson

Johnny "Scat" Mitchell

Connie Gilchrist

Miss Zim, the Nurse

Griff Barnett

Dr. Philip Wilcox

James Todd

Mr. Gardiner

Jerome Cowan

Fred Collins

Charles Trowbridge

Dean William Stockwell

Ellen Corby

Mrs. Privet, the Librarian

Donna Martell

Contestant

James Best

Frank Addison

Lucille Barkley

Contestant

Peter Brocco

Bob Winters

Anne P. Kramer

Pretty Girl

Robert Anderson

Man with Van

Marjorie Bennett

Flossie the Maid

Edward Biby

Parade Spectator

Ivan Browning

Porter

Larry Carr

Football Player

Bill Cassady

Football Player in Dorm

Wheaton Chambers

Gateman

Michael Cisney

Reporter

Jim Congdon

Football Player on Train

Charles J. Conrad

Reporter

James Davies

Porter

Harold DeGarro

Stilt Walker

Bob DeLauer

Football Player

Paul Devry

Football Player

Dudley Dickerson

Redcap

Bess Flowers

Tournament of Roses Spectator

Jack Gargan

Chauffeur

Tim Graham

Dr. Stoddard

Jim Hayes

Football Player in Dorm

George Hoagland

Reporter

David S. Horsley

Photographer

Art Howard

Judge

Sonny Howe

Football Player

Bill Kennedy

Reporter

Donald Kerr

Cab Driver

Jim Leighton

Harvey

Sidney Marion

Photographer

Mickey McCardle

Football Player

Roger McGee

Football Player

John McKee

Photographer

David McMahon

Cab Driver

Ralph Montgomery

Milkman

Bob Porter

Football Player

Paul Power

Judge

Joe Recht

Photographer

Felice Richmond

Woman

Felippa Rock

Timmy's Mother

Michael Ross

Man with Van

Carl Sklover

Cab Driver

Olan Soule

Simmons

James Stark

Attendant

Floyd Taylor

Newsboy

John Wald

Announcer

Bill Walker

Porter

Smoki Whitfield

Redcap

Jack Kelly

Lex - O.S.U. Player

David Stollery

Little Boy in Library

Crew

Director

Frederick de Cordova

Writer

George F. Slavin

Writer

George W. George

Reviews

Geronimo1967

November 27, 2023

Perhaps it's a testament to her acting skills, but I found the performance of Charlotte Greenwood as the interfering neighbour "Mrs. Fielding" extremely annoying! She imposes herself on the newly arrived folks next door - the "Brookfield" family consisting a bookish professor (Charles Coburn) and his two daughters "Peggy" (Diana Lynn) and "Susan" (Barbara Lawrence). Thing start to get complicated when this bossiest of women insists on enrolling the girls in a local beauty contest and even more so when her son "Tom" takes a shine to our eponymous girl unawares that she's already got eyes for the all-American boy "Scat" (Rock Hudson). Looks like "Tom" (Charles Drake) might have to shift allegiance to the other sister? I like Coburn, he had a gift as a curmudgeonly comedy actor, but here his character is just overpowered by Greenwood's and I found him rather underused. The last fifteen minutes are quite fun, though, as the hapless father finds himself unsure as to which, if any, of his daughters is married - and to whom, as well as discovering that the future of his long-term research project is now in the hands of his neighbourly nemesis. It doesn't hang about, and takes quite an interesting swipe at the whole pageant mentality that must have been pretty popular in 1950. I am not sure I'd ever watch it again, but it passes the time ok.