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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.
- Candidato a 2 Oscar
- 2 candidature totali
Jackie Searl
- Tony
- (as Jack Searl)
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- QuizThat Certain Age was 12th in the list of top US box office grossing movies of 1938
- BlooperAfter leaving the guesthouse, Alice says to Ken, "I'd better get ready." In the next shot her hair ribbon suddenly disappears.
- ConnessioniReferenced in Vacanze al Messico (1946)
Recensione in evidenza
THAT CERTAIN AGE (Universal, 1938), a Joe Pasternak Production directed by Edward Ludwig, stars Deanna Durbin in her fourth leading role for the studio. Aside from being a noted winning film at the box office at the time of its release, it's also of interest with an impressive supporting cast headed by Melvyn Douglas and Jackie Cooper, along with once popular leading ladies as Irene Rich (who played Jackie Cooper's mother in THE CHAMP (1931)), and Nancy Carroll in support. The plot, taken from an original story by F. Hugh Herbert, may be a first in a series of teenage musicals made more popular in the 1940s, along with theme quite familiar due to similar stories produced either in motion pictures or television shows in later years.
The story revolves around Alice Fullerton (Deanna Durbin), a childhood sweetheart of boy scout leader, Kenneth Warren (Jackie Cooper), who intends on staging a show to help raise money to help poor scouts to attend camp. Alice is the daughter of Gilbert Fullerton (John Halliday), a newspaper publisher who invites war correspondent, Vincent Bullitt (Melvyn Douglas) to spend a few weeks at the guest house for peace and quiet so he can provide articles on current events in Europe. It so happens Alice has promised the guest house to her friends for show rehearsals and is advised by her mother, Dorothy (Irene Rich) to have it someplace else. Upon the arrival of Bullitt, who would rather be someplace else, Alice and her friends scheme to have Bullitt leave, but because Alice has become infatuated by this older gentleman, she has arrange for him to remain, much to the dismay of Vincent as well as Ken, who finds Alice not to be a good scout by not appearing in his upcoming show.
Featured in the supporting cast are Jackie Searl (Tony, who appeared opposite Cooper in both SKIPPY and SOOKY (Paramount, 1931)); Peggy Stewart (Mary Lee); Charles Coleman (Stevens, the Butler); Grant Mitchell (The Jeweler); Addison Richards, Moroni Olson and Russell Hicks in smaller roles. Juanita Quigley, billed simply as the Pest, is amusing as Cooper's little sister, Elsie "Butch" Fullerton. Fans of Nancy Carroll, a popular leading actress for Paramount of the 1930s, now past her prime, would have to wait until the movie is nearly over before her first appearance in the story (lasting only under three minutes) as Vincent's reporter friend, Grace Bristow.
New songs by Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh include: "That Certain Age" (sung during opening credits); "Be a Good Scout" (sung by Deanna Durbin, Jackie Cooper and scouts); "Waltz from Romero and Juliet," "You're as Pretty as a Picture," "My Own" (Academy Award nominee for Best Song of 1938); "Les Filles de Cadirz" by Clement Philibert and Leo Delibes; and "That Certain Age."
For this presentation, Deanna Durbin has reached that certain age of her career from peppy teenager in her feature debut of THREE SMART GIRLS (Universal, 1936) to an attractive young lady while still in her teens. Though the story is routine, it's more plot than musical for a Durbin movie, yet endearing at times during much of its 101 minutes.
Seldom seen on commercial television since the 1960s, THAT CERTAIN AGE eventually got some public television exposure in the 1980s before disappearing from view again. To date, this little known teenage musical has yet to be broadcast on cable television, but fortunately has become available for viewership on both video cassette and DVD formats to assure its rediscovery of that certain age gone by. (***1/2)
The story revolves around Alice Fullerton (Deanna Durbin), a childhood sweetheart of boy scout leader, Kenneth Warren (Jackie Cooper), who intends on staging a show to help raise money to help poor scouts to attend camp. Alice is the daughter of Gilbert Fullerton (John Halliday), a newspaper publisher who invites war correspondent, Vincent Bullitt (Melvyn Douglas) to spend a few weeks at the guest house for peace and quiet so he can provide articles on current events in Europe. It so happens Alice has promised the guest house to her friends for show rehearsals and is advised by her mother, Dorothy (Irene Rich) to have it someplace else. Upon the arrival of Bullitt, who would rather be someplace else, Alice and her friends scheme to have Bullitt leave, but because Alice has become infatuated by this older gentleman, she has arrange for him to remain, much to the dismay of Vincent as well as Ken, who finds Alice not to be a good scout by not appearing in his upcoming show.
Featured in the supporting cast are Jackie Searl (Tony, who appeared opposite Cooper in both SKIPPY and SOOKY (Paramount, 1931)); Peggy Stewart (Mary Lee); Charles Coleman (Stevens, the Butler); Grant Mitchell (The Jeweler); Addison Richards, Moroni Olson and Russell Hicks in smaller roles. Juanita Quigley, billed simply as the Pest, is amusing as Cooper's little sister, Elsie "Butch" Fullerton. Fans of Nancy Carroll, a popular leading actress for Paramount of the 1930s, now past her prime, would have to wait until the movie is nearly over before her first appearance in the story (lasting only under three minutes) as Vincent's reporter friend, Grace Bristow.
New songs by Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh include: "That Certain Age" (sung during opening credits); "Be a Good Scout" (sung by Deanna Durbin, Jackie Cooper and scouts); "Waltz from Romero and Juliet," "You're as Pretty as a Picture," "My Own" (Academy Award nominee for Best Song of 1938); "Les Filles de Cadirz" by Clement Philibert and Leo Delibes; and "That Certain Age."
For this presentation, Deanna Durbin has reached that certain age of her career from peppy teenager in her feature debut of THREE SMART GIRLS (Universal, 1936) to an attractive young lady while still in her teens. Though the story is routine, it's more plot than musical for a Durbin movie, yet endearing at times during much of its 101 minutes.
Seldom seen on commercial television since the 1960s, THAT CERTAIN AGE eventually got some public television exposure in the 1980s before disappearing from view again. To date, this little known teenage musical has yet to be broadcast on cable television, but fortunately has become available for viewership on both video cassette and DVD formats to assure its rediscovery of that certain age gone by. (***1/2)
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By what name was Quella certa età (1938) officially released in Canada in English?
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