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Her First Romance

65 %|Dec 25, 1940|Drama

Linda Strong, a bookish, frumpy co-ed, is invited to a formal dance as a sorority pledge initiation prank. Her selfish stepsister and guardian, Eileen, refuses to buy Linda a dress and decides that she is too young to attend. Katy, the cook, buys Linda a dress and with the help of Linda's cousin, Marian, conspires to get Linda to the dance. When Linda's friend Suzy tells her that she was invited as a prank, however, she refuses to go to the dance. Without her glasses and wearing stylish clothes, Linda is quite attractive, but she still rejects all the invitations from the fraternity brothers. She is crying outside the house when Chicago opera star Philip Niles arrives and offers to escort her to the dance. Eileen is at the dance with her fiancé John Gilman, who was Marian's boyfriend until Eileen stole him away.

Featured Crew

Adele Comandini
Screenplay
Gene Stratton-Porter
Novel
Edward Dmytryk
Director
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Gregory Stone
Music

Cast

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Edith Fellows
Linda Strong
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Wilbur Evans
Philip Niles
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Julie Bishop
Eileen Strong
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Alan Ladd
John Gilman
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Judith Linden
Marian Strong
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Roger Daniel
Donald Whiting
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Marlo Dwyer
Susie Sloan
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Ottola Nesmith
Mrs. Whiting
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Ray Hirsch
Student Butch
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Alexandria Moreland
Co-Ed Gladys Jones
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Julie Sheldon
Co-Ed Nancy
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John Adamson
Student Friday
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Ann Doran
Student (uncredited)
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David Durand
Student (uncredited)
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Eddie Hall
Student Mushface (uncredited)