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The Under-Pup (1939)

NR 08/31/1939 Comedy, Drama 1h 28m
60%
User
Score
6.6/10

There's one in every family

Overview

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls she's just as good as they are.

I.A.R. Wylie

Story

Grover Jones

Screenplay

Richard Wallace

Director

Top Billed Cast

Gloria Jean

Gloria Jean

Pip-Emma Binns

Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Dennis Lane

Nan Grey

Nan Grey

Priscilla Adams

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Grandpa

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi

Miss Delphine Thornton

Virginia Weidler

Virginia Weidler

Janet Cooper

Margaret Lindsay

Margaret Lindsay

Mrs. Cooper

Raymond Walburn

Raymond Walburn

Mr. Layton

Ann Gillis

Ann Gillis

Letty Lou

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 22, 2022

Now, as a man who really doesn't much like children in films unless it's "Oliver!" (1968), I guess I was asking for trouble when I started to watch this. The opening scene features cinema debutante, the 13 year old Gloria Jean ("Pip-Emma"), giving us the equivalent of an audio postcard of Charles Previn's recent holiday in Switzerland. Yep, a good old fashioned yodel! Luckily, I couldn't be bothered fetching the remote control so decided to persevere and, actually, it's not entirely awful. The young girl wins an essay competition with a first prize of a summer camp experience in a facility frequented by wealthier girls. She arrives and is shunned by her hosts - except one of the teachers, and what follows is a depiction of just how cruel young children can be to one another. Our spunky her...

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