A Very Young Lady

A Very Young Lady
Directed by	Harold D. Schuster
Screenplay by	Elaine Ryan
Based on	Matura (play) by Ladislas Fodor
Produced by	Robert Kane
Starring	Jane Withers Nancy Kelly John Sutton Janet Beecher Richard Clayton June Carlson
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	James B. Clark
Music by	David Buttolph Cyril J. Mockridge
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 27, 1941 (1941-06-27)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Very Young Lady is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Jane Withers and Nancy Kelly. ^[1] It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. It was based on the play Matura by Ladislas Fodor which had previously been adapted by the studio into the 1936 film Girls' Dormitory . ^[2]

Synopsis

Kitty Russell is sent to a finishing school to tame her manners. While there she develops a crush on the headteacher Doctor Franklin Meredith, who is also the target of admiration from one of the female teachers.

Cast

• Jane Withers as Kitty Russell
• Nancy Kelly as Alice Carter
• John Sutton as Dr. Franklin Meredith
• Janet Beecher as Miss Steele
• Richard Clayton as Tom Brighton
• June Carlson as Madge
• Charles Halton as Oliver Brixton
• Cecil Kellaway as Professor Starkweather
• Marilyn Kinsley as Susie
• JoAnn Ransom as Linda
• Catherine Henderson as Jean
• Lucita Ham as Sarah
• June Horne as Beth
• Eddie Acuff as Sheriff Bill Stone
• Dorothy Moore as Miss Clayton
• William Edmunds as Abner
• Henry Roquemore as Stationmaster

See also

• Girls' Dormitory (1936)

References

1. "A Very Young Lady (1941)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
2. Goble p.161

Bibliography

• Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• A Very Young Lady at IMDb