The Reformer and the Redhead

1950 film by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

The Reformer and the Redhead is a 1950 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, and starring June Allyson and Dick Powell.^[2]

Plot

Kathleen Maguire is the daughter of a long-time zookeeper, Dr. Kevin G. Maguire, who is fired from his job for political reasons. She turns for help to a crusading young attorney, Andrew Rockton Hale. Trouble comes in the form of both political corruption and a loose lion.

Cast

• June Allyson as Kathleen Maguire
• Dick Powell as Andrew Rockton Hale
• David Wayne as Arthur Colner Maxwell
• Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Kevin G. Maguire
• Ray Collins as Commodore John Balwind Parker
• Robert Keith as Tim Harveigh
• Marvin Kaplan as Leon
• Kathleen Freeman as Lily Rayton Parker
• Wally Maher as Jerry Nolard Boyle
• Alex Gerry as James I. Michell
• Charles Evens as Mr. Eberle
• Paul Maxey as Thompson

Uncredited:

• Matt Moore as butler
• John Hamilton as police captain
• Frank Sully as officer
• Mario Siletti as Italian storekeeper
• Theodore Von Eltz as announcer
• Jerry Paris as page boy
• Mae Clarke as clerk
• Spring Byington as voice of Kathleen's mother
• Tor Johnson as big Finnish man
• Edward Peil, Sr. as gateman

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $1,688,000 in the US and Canada and $439,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $214,000.^[1][3]

References

1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
2. Crowther, Bosley (April 10, 1950). "The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)". The New York Times.
3. "Top Grosses of 1950". Variety. January 3, 1951. p. 58.

External links

• The Reformer and the Redhead at IMDb
• The Reformer and the Redhead at the TCM Movie Database
• The Reformer and the Redhead at AllMovie
• The Reformer and the Redhead at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• The Reformer and the Redhead at Rotten Tomatoes