That Hagen Girl (1947)
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64% of users liked it
(57 ratings)
A young girl is adopted into a small town family, but instead of finding happiness, she finds her life a living nightmare due to neighbors' constant speculation as to he father's identity. The scuttlebutt is that she is the illegitimate daughter of a prominent lawyer and former resident… More A young girl is adopted into a small town family, but instead of finding happiness, she finds her life a living nightmare due to neighbors' constant speculation as to he father's identity. The scuttlebutt is that she is the illegitimate daughter of a prominent lawyer and former resident (Ronald Reagan). The girl (Shirley Temple in her first role as a teen) becomes especially sensitive to the gossip after she hits adolescence. The backbiting gets so bad, that she loses her first boyfriend. Matters become more explosive when the lawyer returns from Washington D.C. and begins a romance with the girl's favorite teacher. He also finds the troubled girl intriguing but does not realize this until the despondent youth attempts to commit suicide. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Godfrey
- Written By
- Charles Hoffman
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 1, 1947 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
Critic Reviews
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Robert Hatch, The New Republic
The most painful part of this very painful picture is the contrast it insists on between Miss Temple and the rest of the cast.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
They shouldn't do such things to Shirley. It's downright un-American!
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
This is an oddity not only for the casting of future politicos Reagan and Temple in the same film, but due to its rotten script and nearly incomprehensible resolution.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
You can literally hear this drama creaking.
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Cast
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Shirley Temple
as Mary Hagen
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Ronald Reagan
as Tom Bates
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Dorothy Peterson
as Minta Hagen
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Rory Calhoun
as Ken Fresneau
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Charles Kemper
as Jim Hagen
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Jean Porter
as Sharon Bailey
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Nella Walker
as Molly Freneau
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Lois Maxwell
as Julia Lane
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Louis Austin
as Kate Hillston
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Barbara Brown
as Lorna Gateley
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Kathryn Card
as Miss Grover
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Harry Davenport
as Judge Merrivale
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William B. Davidson
as Mr. Bowman
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William Edmunds
as Corey the Chauffeur
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Penny Edwards
as Christine Delaney
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Sarah Edwards
as Charlotte Miller
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Tom Fadden
as Village Loafer
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Virginia Farmer
as Millie Corey
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Winifred Harris
as Selma Delaney
- Bill Henderson
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Boyd Irwin
as Rev. Sparling
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Conrad Janis
as Dewey Coons
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Douglas Kennedy
as Herb
- Ray Klinge
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Claire Meade
as Liza Bingham
- Ray Montgomery
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Jack Mower
as Men in Drugstore
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Moroni Olsen
as Trenton Gateley
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Milton Parsons
as Station Agent
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Constance Purdy
as Ruth Laverty
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Billy Roy
as Boy
- Jack Smart
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Helen Wallace
as Rose Halliday
- Anthony Warde
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Paul Weber
as Slicker
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Guy Wilkerson
as Link Spencer
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Rhoda Williams
as College Student
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Frank Conroy
as Dr. Stone
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Jane Hamilton
as Widow Bailey
- Florence Allen
- Kathryn Kane
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Gracille LaVinder
as Nurse Boswell
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Ed Russell
as School Board Member
- Robert Palmer
