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Teenage Rebel

  • 19561956
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
362
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Ginger Rogers, Warren Berlinger, Lili Gentle, Diane Jergens, Betty Lou Keim, Michael Rennie, and Rusty Swope in Teenage Rebel (1956)
  • Drama
Nancy Fallon gets custody of her teenage daughter Dodie back from her ex-husband when she remarries but she must win her love.Nancy Fallon gets custody of her teenage daughter Dodie back from her ex-husband when she remarries but she must win her love.Nancy Fallon gets custody of her teenage daughter Dodie back from her ex-husband when she remarries but she must win her love.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
362
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Edmund Goulding
  • Writers
    • Charles Brackett
    • Edmund Goulding
    • Walter Reisch
  • Stars
    • Ginger Rogers
    • Michael Rennie
    • Mildred Natwick
Top credits
  • Director
    • Edmund Goulding
  • Writers
    • Charles Brackett
    • Edmund Goulding
    • Walter Reisch
  • Stars
    • Ginger Rogers
    • Michael Rennie
    • Mildred Natwick
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 nominations total

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    Ginger Rogers and Betty Lou Keim in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Ginger Rogers, Betty Lou Keim, and Michael Rennie in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Diane Jergens, Michael Rennie, and Rusty Swope in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Betty Lou Keim and Rusty Swope in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Ginger Rogers and Michael Rennie in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Ginger Rogers and Betty Lou Keim in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Ginger Rogers in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Ginger Rogers and Betty Lou Keim in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Diane Jergens, Mildred Natwick, and Rusty Swope in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Ginger Rogers and Betty Lou Keim in Teenage Rebel (1956)
    Ginger Rogers and Michael Rennie in Teenage Rebel (1956)

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    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    • Nancy Fallonas Nancy Fallon
    Michael Rennie
    Michael Rennie
    • Jay Fallonas Jay Fallon
    Mildred Natwick
    Mildred Natwick
    • Grace Hewittas Grace Hewitt
    Rusty Swope
    • Larry Fallonas Larry Fallon
    Lili Gentle
    Lili Gentle
    • Gloriaas Gloria
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • Willamayas Willamay
    Irene Hervey
    Irene Hervey
    • Helen Sheldon McGowanas Helen Sheldon McGowan
    John Stephenson
    John Stephenson
    • Eric McGowanas Eric McGowan
    Betty Lou Keim
    Betty Lou Keim
    • Dorothy 'Dodie' McGowanas Dorothy 'Dodie' McGowan
    Warren Berlinger
    Warren Berlinger
    • Dick Hewittas Dick Hewitt
    Diane Jergens
    Diane Jergens
    • Jane Hewittas Jane Hewitt
    Pattie Chapman
    • Ernaas Erna
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Collier
    Richard Collier
    • Brewsteras Brewster
    • (uncredited)
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • Movie Patrolas Movie Patrol
    • (uncredited)
    Wade Dumas
    • Airport Porteras Airport Porter
    • (uncredited)
    Franklyn Farnum
    Franklyn Farnum
    • Man at Airportas Man at Airport
    • (uncredited)
    Gene Foley
    • Soda Fountain Girlas Soda Fountain Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Freeman
    Joan Freeman
    • Teenager in Malt Shopas Teenager in Malt Shop
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edmund Goulding
    • Writers
      • Charles Brackett
      • Edmund Goulding
      • Walter Reisch
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    • Trivia
      Initial casting proposals had Betty Grable playing the mother (a role which Betty turned down) and Tuesday Weld portraying the daughter.
    • Quotes

      Grace Hewitt: Excited?

      Nancy Fallon: Wild!

      Grace Hewitt: Try not to show it too much, kids like you to be casual.

      Nancy Fallon: Grace, I'll welcome any tip you can give me on how to behave with a teenage daughter.

      Grace Hewitt: Well, all I know is anything you do is wrong. If you try to spruce yourself up it's, "Oh Mother, that's too kiddish for you," and if you don't it's, "Mother, do you have to dress like an old bag?"

      Nancy Fallon: Oh, you make it sound awful.

      Grace Hewitt: They love you. They bully you, but they love you, the little monsters. And if anything goes wrong, they turn back to being 6 or 7 years old and cling to you, and that's heaven.

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
    • Soundtracks
      Cool It, Baby
      Lyrics by Carroll Coates

      Music by Lionel Newman

      Performed by Dick Lory

    User reviews10

    Review
    Top review
    A really nice old B&W film about family relations.
    "Teenage Rebel", released in 1956, was one of Ginger Rogers' last feature films, made when she was 45. It featured a couple of "future stars" (opening credits) Betty Lou Keim, as estranged daughter "Dodie" and Warren Berlinger as the nice kid "Dick" next door. As an interesting sideline, Betty Lou Keim only made 4 more movies over the next 3 years, then married Warren Berlinger in 1959, quit showbusiness, and has 4 children.

    Dodie, 15, had been estranged from her mother for 8 years since her parents' divorce. Because her mother was the one who apparently had an "adulterous' relationship with the man she then married, Dodie's father was awarded custody. Since they traveled extensively, and had a home in NY, she had never been able to spend the court-ordered 3 weeks annually with her mother. At the age of 15, she was sent to her mother in California so that her father could secretly get married. It was obvious that she was unhappy being in California, resented her mother, resented her stepfather, and was generally angry with the world.

    The movie is about Dodie's growth as a young adult, learning to fit in with normal teenagers, and learning how to accept her mother's love that she had rejected for so long. The story is done very well, and thgis movie is a good representation of 1950s B&W movies. I rate it a solid 7 of 10.
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    • Jul 29, 2000

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    • Release date
      • November 1, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Moderne Jugend
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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