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6.4/10   45 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jean Negulesco (story)
Lawrence Kimble (screenplay)
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Release Date:
30 April 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
BRAT - SHE'S A DEVIL WHOSE NECK YOU WANT TO WRING! (original poster - all caps) more
Plot:
Drama about a problem child and her problem parents. full summary | add synopsis
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An early sociological view of the juvenile delinquent more (5 total)

Cast

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Bonita Granville ... Roberta Morgan
Dolores Costello ... Helen Cosgrove
Donald Crisp ... Mr. John Morgan
Natalie Moorhead ... Mrs. Evelyn Morgan
Lucile Gleason ... Miss Brewster (as Lucille Gleason)
Donald Briggs ... Mr. Jerome Williams
Emmett Vogan ... Nelson Jenkins - the Butler
Loia Cheaney ... Mrs. Jenkins (as Lois Cheaney)
Leo Gorcey ... Spike Matz
Ellen Lowe ... Anna - the Governess
Mary Doyle ... Miss Mitchell
Paul Everton ... Judge Henry Harris
Bernice Pilot ... Mrs. White
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Pinkie White (as Stymie Beard)
Meredith White ... Arabella White
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Dangerous Age (UK)
Too Much of Everything (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
62 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #3789)

Fun Stuff

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Boom mic visible: In two consecutive scenes between Donald Briggs and Helene Costello, one interior and then exterior, first the shadow of the mike and then the mike and boom can be seen. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
An early sociological view of the juvenile delinquent, 10 October 2007
6/10
Author: David (Handlinghandel) from NY, NY

In the title role, Bonita Granville appears about as lovable as she'd been two years earlier in "These Three." A brat: Yes. Beloved? Not really. Not by the audience and not by her family.

She gets into mischief of an increasingly serious nature. Her self-involved wealthy parents are given the option of sending her to a school that seems to be a step above reform school.

The luminous Dolores Costello is employed there. Oh, who can forget her heartbreaking performance a few years later in "The Magnificent Ambersons"? She's very good here too.

All the acting is at least decent and often more than that.

From the beginning we see that Granville's character is the monster she is because no one -- not even her parents' servants -- likes or pays real attention to her. It's far from a great movie but it's also better than one would expect.

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