| Margie | |
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| Directed by | Henry King |
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| Produced by | Walter Morosco |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,680,000 |
| Box office | $4.1 million (US/Canada rentals) [1][2][3] |
Margie is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry King and starring Jeanne Crain, about a high school girl in the 1920s who develops a crush on her French teacher. Margie was a box-office hit, ranking in the top 15 highest-grossing films of the year,[4] and established Crain as an important Fox star.[5] Although not a true movie musical (as it uses period recordings, with only one song being partially performed by a character in the film), it is sometimes classified with musicals due to the large number of 1920s-era popular songs incorporated as nostalgic background in the film.[6]
The film was the basis for the 1961 television sitcom Margie, featuring Cynthia Pepper.[7]
- ^ "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. 8 January 1964. p. 69.
- ^ "60 Top Grossers of 1946", Variety 8 January 1947 p8
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 221
- ^ Langford, Barry (2010). Post-Classical Hollywood: Film Industry, Style, and Ideology since 1945. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7486-3857-4.
- ^ Grace, Francie (2003-12-15). "Actress Jeanne Crain Dead at 78". CBS News. Associated Press. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ^ Affron, Charles and Mirella Jona (2009). Best Years: Going to the Movies, 1945-1946. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 75. ISBN 9780813545820.
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present (9th ed.). New York City: Ballantine Books. p. 853. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.