Teenage Rebel | |
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Directed by | Edmund Goulding |
Produced by | Charles Brackett |
Written by | Charles Brackett Edmund Goulding Walter Reisch |
Based on |
A Roomful of Roses 1955 play by Edith R. Sommer |
Starring | Ginger Rogers |
Music by | Leigh Harline |
Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
Edited by | William Mace |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $985,000 |
Box office | $1.75 million (US) |
Teenage Rebel is a 1956 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Ginger Rogers and Michael Rennie. It was nominated for two Academy Awards; Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction (Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss).
The film was an adaptation of the play A Roomful of Roses by Edith Sommer, with Betty Lou Keim reprising her Broadway role. Teenage Rebel was the first black-and-white CinemaScope film.
Nancy Fallon (Ginger Rogers), a divorcee who has trouble communicating with her 15-year-old daughter Dodie (Betty Lou Keim). Left in the custody of her father (Michael Rennie), Dodie feels as though her mother has deserted her.