Bernardine (1957)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Henry Levin

Writers:

Mary Chase (play)
Theodore Reeves (writer)

Release Date:

25 November 1957 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

High school students enter a fictional woman's name (bernardine mudd) in a contest. The contestant wins and hilarity ensues. |

Plot Keywords:

Speedboat | Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Cast

Pat Boone	...	Arthur 'Beau' Beaumont
Terry Moore	...	Jean Cantrick
Janet Gaynor	...	Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Dean Jagger	...	J. Fullerton Weldy
Dick Sargent	...	Sanford Wilson (as Richard Sargent)
James Drury	...	Lt. Langley Beaumont
Ronnie Burns	...	Griner
Walter Abel	...	Mr. Beaumont
Natalie Schafer	...	Mrs. Madge Beaumont
Isabel Jewell	...	Mrs. McDuff
Jack Costanzo	...	Himself - Orchestra leader

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Movie debut of Pat Boone.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Bernardine

"You're strictly O.T. L. with girls!"

Atrocious college comedy follows a group of campus goof-offs who do little but chase after girls. One of the most idiotic scenes in movie musicals has to be Pat Boone, in the boys locker room, instructing Richard (Dick) Sargent on the art of picking up chicks, crooning "Technique" a la Harry Belafonte. Boone, actually playing the coolest of the kids (!), is repugnant enough in his striped shirts and sweater vests, but if cinematic justice were at all serving, this picture would've put the kibosh on squeaky-voiced Sargent's career ("Ohh, gee!!"). Terry Moore plays the telephone operator the guys get hung up on, and her placid demeanor and condescending smile suggest she's no brainier than the boys. * from ****