I think that in today’s society, a story about a middle-aged man who marries a 17-year-old would be picketed and protested. Now, imagine that in mid 1950’s such an older man with a younger woman would be unheard of. Yet, according to the commentator on TCM, the film did not receive any protests whatsoever. Interesting.
Dwacon
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My older sister was 17 when she got pregnant and married in 1979. My brother-in-law was 20. She had to take a notarized note to Las Vegas. They have 3 kids and 4 grandkids and have been married for 36 years. It really wasn't seen as a big deal that she had married so young, but that might of been because she got pregnant (on prom night).
"Getting old is not for sissies."
Bette Davis
I am formerly known as HillieBoliday....Member since May 2006
LOLLOLLOLLOLLOL! No you didn't just put your sisters business on IMDB! I am laughing, although her story is a wonderful one! For them to still be together with grandchildren after all those years together is a treasure. My mother was 17 and my father 25 when they married. They had 5 children, 7 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Have an Aunt who married when she was 16.....her husband was 36...they had 5 children! My grandmother (her mother) 13 when she married.....my grandfather who was about 22 or 23. This all transpired in the south; where it was not uncommon for young teenage girls to marry men somewhat much older than themselves.
The only problem I had with the older man/17 year old match-up in this film....is that Dick Powell looked like her father! I am a hopeless romantic....so I enjoyed this immensely in spite of that little glitch for me.
"OOhhhooo....I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"