Teenage Rebel
US (1956): Drama
Teenage Rebel is the misleadingly lurid title bestowed upon this film version of Edith R. Sommer's Broadway play A Roomful of Roses. Ginger Rogers heads the cast as Nancy Fallon, a divorcée who has trouble communicating with 15-year-old daughter Dodie (Betty Lou Keim). Left in the custody of her father, Dodie feels as though her mother has deserted her. The situation doesn't improve very much when Nancy marries Jay (Michael Rennie), providing her daughter with another excuse for resentment and petulance. The responsibility for resolving this dilemma is laid at the feet of Jay's young son Larry (Rusty Swope). Cast also features Mildred Natwick and Louise Beavers. Teenage Rebel represents the film debut of Milton Berle's nephew, Warren Berlinger, superbly repeating his stage role as one of Keim's school chums. Edmund Goulding directs for Fox. (Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide)
2 nominations
· Art Direction/Set Decoration (Black and White) 1956: Lyle Wheeler & Jack Martin Smith - Art Direction, Walter M. Scott & Stuart A. Reiss - Set Decoration
· Costume Design (Black and White) 1956: Charles LeMaire, Mary Wills