Main Cast: Peggy Ann Garner, Allyn Joslyn, Michael Dunne, Mona Freeman, Faye Marlowe, Barbara Whiting, John Alexander
Release Year: 1945
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
Plot
Adapted from the high school drama-class perennial by Jerome Chodhorov and Joseph Fields, Junior Miss stars Peggy Ann Garner as a troublesome teenager. Garner means well, but can't help meddling in the affairs of her father (Allyn Joslyn) and other unsuspecting grownups. Most of the story revolves around Peggy's matchmaking habits: she pairs up her uncle (Milo O'Shea) with the daughter of her father's employer, which nearly loses dad his job. The mess sorts itself out before the third-act curtain, with Garner promising to mind her own business...until next time. Keep an eye out for a brief appearance by a young Mel Torme. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Junior Miss is a 1945 comedy film starring Peggy Ann Garner as a teenager who meddles in people's love lives.
Junior Miss was published by Doubleday in 1941. This collection of Sally Benson's stories from The New Yorker, was adapted by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields into a successful play that same year.[1] Directed by Moss Hart, Junior Miss ran on Broadway from 1941 to 1943. In 1945, the play was adapted to the film Junior Miss with George Seaton directing Peggy Ann Garner in the lead role of Judy Graves. The Junior Miss radio series, starring Barbara Whiting, was broadcast weekly on CBS in 1949.
