"The Youngest Profession" is a cute but implausible story of celebrity-obsessed teenager Joan Lyons and her fellow autograph-hound classmates who spend their afternoons and evenings chasing down celebrities who happen to be in New York at the time. The main plot, however, involves the suspected infidelity between her father and her secretary and the lengths Joan goes to prevent a broken home. There are a few celebrity cameos with each of them on their best behavior, including Lana Turner, Greer Garson, Robert Taylor and Walter Pidgeon. It's hard to believe that in real life if they knew some teenage girls were manipulating circumstances and lying to others in order to see them that they would be so accommodating, but that's showbiz, I guess. The rest of the proceedings are mainly a farce involving the family drama misunderstandings that are entertaining enough, if a bit overacted. But overall the movie is good family fun.
Review of The Youngest Profession
The Youngest Profession
(1943)
What's a Celebrity if Not Gracious to a Fault?
17 January 2018
Warning: Spoilers