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Show v. ..'v. . ' ADOLESCENT HIGH SCHOOL GIRL, Jeanne (r;iine is thrilled by handsome French teacher, Glenn Langan in romantic film, "Margie," which Ls currently playing at the Centre theater. I Jeanne Crain Stars at Centre WTith another of its one-of-a-kind cinematic specialties, Twentieth Century Fox has again defied run-of-the-mill motion mo-tion picture classifications. The film, this time, is "Margie," "Mar-gie," presented by Darryl F. Zanuck, and Starring Jeanne Crain and featuring Glenn Langan, Lan-gan, Lynn Bari and Alan Young. West Coast preview audience reactions have already stamped it as one of the most delightful screen offerings to come out of Hollywood in years. The Technicolor movie combines com-bines with the virtues of a musical, mu-sical, stark comedy and leal-life leal-life drama sharply delineated by scenarist F. Hugh Herbert. The picture, currently playing at the Centre theater is the nostalgic nos-talgic and warm-hearted story of fun-loving teen-agers in the late twenties, sometimes referred to as the "era of wonderful nonsense." non-sense." It is the enchanting and touching chronicle of high school life in a Midwestern city dn which Jeanne Crain, lovelior and more charming than ever falls in love with Glen Langan, who plays he part of a handsome high school French teacher. Actually, Jeanne, who considers consid-ers the part her greatest to date, plays a dual role in the film. She is both a modern, 34-year-old 194G mother and a 16-year-old awkward, adolescent girl who, shy though she is, manages to get into more than a normal number of innocent escapades. es-capades. Glen Langan, the six-foot-four former Broadway stage star, has aleady been assured a promising promis-ing future as a leading man in Hollywood. As the French teacher, he is torn between his romance with Jeanne and friendship friend-ship with, attractive Lynn Bari who plays the part, of the high school's librarian.. The role, for Lynn, is a subdued one, but one which sees her in an amusing and unusual triangle. Alan Young, the 24-year-old radio and stage comic, who makes his screen debut in "Margie," "Mar-gie," portrays an ineffectual, stumbling youngster with a prominent Adam's apple, large horn-rimmed glasses, a perpetual perpetu-al devotion to Jeanne. Movie starlet Barbara Lawrence is featured fea-tured as the high school"s short-skirted short-skirted flirt who offers chief romantic competition to Jeanne. |