Wallflower (1948)

Name: Wallflower
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1948-06-13
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Janis Paige, Barbara Brown

Wallflower (1948), directed by Frederick de Cordova, starring Joyce Reynolds and Robert Hutton.

06/13/1948 BR Comedy 1h 17m

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Two beautiful sisters set their sights on the same man!

Synopsis

Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.

Karl FreundCinematography
Frederick de CordovaDirector
Folmar BlangstedEditing
Alex GottliebProducer

About the film

Wallflower is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Frederick de Cordova, written by Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron adapted from the play of the same name by Reginald Denham and Mary Orr, and starring Robert Hutton, Joyce Reynolds, Janis Paige, Edward Arnold, Barbara Brown and Jerome Cowan. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 13, 1948.

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Plot

Joy Linnett and her stepsister Jackie miss a flight home to Ohio, but the attractive Joy, accustomed to getting her way with men, flirts with pilot Stevie Wilson until he agrees to personally fly the two young women.

At home, old beau Warren James comes calling and invites Jackie to a country club's dance. As soon as Joy emerges in a swimsuit, the smitten Warren not only neglects Jackie, he invites her sister to the dance.

A quarrel ensues between the women's parents. Jackie's dad is outraged by the way his daughter is treated, but Joy's mom says he's just miffed that her daughter is more popular than his.

Stevie calls out of the blue, giving Jackie an idea. She emulates her sister's behavior and wardrobe, persuading Stevie to accompany her to the dance. Once there, all the men get a look at the new Jackie and line up to dance with her, as sister Joy looks on, delighted. Now it is Warren who is neglected, so much so that he gets drunk and proposes marriage to both sisters. In the end, he comes to appreciate that Jackie is the one he really loves.

Cast

Robert Hutton as Warren James

Joyce Reynolds as Jackie Linnett

Janis Paige as Joy Linnett

Edward Arnold as Andrew J. Linnett

Barbara Brown as Mrs. Jessie Linnett

Jerome Cowan as Robert 'Bob' James

Don McGuire as Stevie Wilson

Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Dixie James

Lotte Stein as Minna the Housekeeper

Reception

T.M.P. of The New York Times reviewed the film positively, describing the plot and direction as unoriginal but praising the screenwriters for their adaptation of the original play and commenting positively on the acting.

References

External links

Wallflower at IMDb

Wallflower at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Wallflower at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Text from Wallflower (film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallflower_(film)

Trivia

It premiered on June 13, 1948, a Sunday.
It runs 1h17 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.