Peggy
1950 | 76m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Frederick de Cordova |
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| Writer: | George F. Slavin, George W. George |
| Staring: |
| Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 01, 1950 |
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| Director: | Frederick de Cordova |
| Writer: | George F. Slavin, George W. George |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | romance |
| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Diana Lynn | Peggy Brookfield |
| Charles Coburn | Professor Brookfield |
| Charlotte Greenwood | Mrs. Emilia Fielding |
| Barbara Lawrence | Susan Brookfield |
| Charles Drake | Tom Fielding |
| Rock Hudson | Johnny "Scat" Mitchell |
| Connie Gilchrist | Miss Zim, the Nurse |
| Griff Barnett | Dr. Philip Wilcox |
| James Todd | Mr. Gardiner |
| Jerome Cowan | Fred Collins |
| Charles Trowbridge | Dean William Stockwell |
| Ellen Corby | Mrs. Privet, the Librarian |
| Donna Martell | Contestant |
| James Best | Frank Addison |
| Lucille Barkley | Contestant |
| Peter Brocco | Bob Winters |
| Anne P. Kramer | Pretty Girl |
| Robert Anderson | Man with Van |
| Marjorie Bennett | Flossie the Maid |
| Edward Biby | Parade Spectator |
| Ivan Browning | Porter |
| Larry Carr | Football Player |
| Bill Cassady | Football Player in Dorm |
| Wheaton Chambers | Gateman |
| Michael Cisney | Reporter |
| Jim Congdon | Football Player on Train |
| Charles J. Conrad | Reporter |
| James Davies | Porter |
| Harold DeGarro | Stilt Walker |
| Bob DeLauer | Football Player |
| Paul Devry | Football Player |
| Dudley Dickerson | Redcap |
| Bess Flowers | Tournament of Roses Spectator |
| Jack Gargan | Chauffeur |
| Tim Graham | Dr. Stoddard |
| Jim Hayes | Football Player in Dorm |
| George Hoagland | Reporter |
| David S. Horsley | Photographer |
| Art Howard | Judge |
| Sonny Howe | Football Player |
| Bill Kennedy | Reporter |
| Donald Kerr | Cab Driver |
| Jim Leighton | Harvey |
| Sidney Marion | Photographer |
| Mickey McCardle | Football Player |
| Roger McGee | Football Player |
| John McKee | Photographer |
| David McMahon | Cab Driver |
| Ralph Montgomery | Milkman |
| Bob Porter | Football Player |
| Paul Power | Judge |
| Joe Recht | Photographer |
| Felice Richmond | Woman |
| Felippa Rock | Timmy's Mother |
| Michael Ross | Man with Van |
| Carl Sklover | Cab Driver |
| Olan Soule | Simmons |
| James Stark | Attendant |
| Floyd Taylor | Newsboy |
| John Wald | Announcer |
| Bill Walker | Porter |
| Smoki Whitfield | Redcap |
| Jack Kelly | Lex - O.S.U. Player |
| David Stollery | Little Boy in Library |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frederick de Cordova | Director |
| George F. Slavin | Writer |
| George W. George | Writer |
| Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Russell Metty | Director of Photography |
| Max Nippell | Gaffer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ralph Dietrich | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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Perhaps it's a testament to her acting skills, but I found the performance of Charlotte Greenwood as the interfering neighbour "Mrs. Fielding" extremely annoying! She imposes herself on the newly arrived folks next door - the "Brookfield" family consisting a bookish professor (Charles Coburn) and hi ... s two daughters "Peggy" (Diana Lynn) and "Susan" (Barbara Lawrence). Thing start to get complicated when this bossiest of women insists on enrolling the girls in a local beauty contest and even more so when her son "Tom" takes a shine to our eponymous girl unawares that she's already got eyes for the all-American boy "Scat" (Rock Hudson). Looks like "Tom" (Charles Drake) might have to shift allegiance to the other sister? I like Coburn, he had a gift as a curmudgeonly comedy actor, but here his character is just overpowered by Greenwood's and I found him rather underused. The last fifteen minutes are quite fun, though, as the hapless father finds himself unsure as to which, if any, of his daughters is married - and to whom, as well as discovering that the future of his long-term research project is now in the hands of his neighbourly nemesis. It doesn't hang about, and takes quite an interesting swipe at the whole pageant mentality that must have been pretty popular in 1950. I am not sure I'd ever watch it again, but it passes the time ok.