Too Young to Kiss (1951)

Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Z. Leonard

Writers:

Everett Freeman (story), Frances Goodrich,

Stars:

June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
June Allyson	...	Cynthia Potter
Van Johnson	...	Eric Wainwright
Gig Young	...	John Tirsen
Rita Corday	...	Denise Dorcet (as Paula Corday)
Kathryn Givney	...	Miss Benson
Larry Keating	...	Danny Cutler
Hans Conried	...	Mr. Sparrow
Esther Dale	...	Mrs. Boykin
Antonio Filauri	...	Veloti
Jo Gilbert	...	Gloria
Alexander Steinert	...	Conductor

Storyline

Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.

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Plot Keywords:

pianist | braces | train | man spanks woman | swimming pool | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 1952 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Zu jung zum Küssen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 89 min (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Fifth of six movies that paired June Allyson and Van Johnson, (although "Till the Clouds Roll By" was an ensemble cast).

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Soundtracks

"Revolutionary Etude"
Music by Frédéric Chopin

User Reviews

"Oz" music

Did anyone notice that background music written for "The Wizard of Oz" was used in the opening credits and background music for this film? In "Oz", the music plays over the opening scene of Dorothy and Toto running along the road, presumably after encountering Miss Gulch. You hear it many times afterwards. I guess, for this film, they pulled it from the MGM music library, not knowing "Oz" would become such a classic, and that any bit of music from it would be so recognizable over sixty years later. The original piece for "Oz" was (erroneously)titled "Trouble in School."

UPDATE: I have been informed that the above-mentioned piece of music is actually not original to "Oz," but is,in fact, a classically composed children's melody.