Margie | |
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Directed by | Henry King |
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Produced by | Walter Morosco |
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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 a few songs being partially performed by characters 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]