Rotten
The most painful part of this very painful picture is the contrast it insists on between Miss Temple and the rest of the cast.
Robert Hatch, The New Republic
That Hagen Girl
Haunted by the whispers of an indiscretion she was too innocent to understand!
1947 · 1h 23m · NOT RATED
Drama
Directed by
Peter Godfrey
Overview
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
Director and cast
- Peter Godfrey Director
- Ronald Reagan as Thomas J. Bates
- Shirley Temple as Mary Hagen
- Rory Calhoun as Ken Freneau
- Lois Maxwell as Julia Kane
- Dorothy Peterson as Minta Hagen
- Charles Kemper as Jim Hagen
- Conrad Janis as Dewey Koons
- Jean Porter as Sharon Bailey
- Penny Edwards as Christine Delaney
- Harry Davenport as Judge Merrivale
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
They shouldn't do such things to Shirley. It's downright un-American!
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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