''Kathy O is a 1958 American
CinemaScope
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Its cr ...
comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...
film directed by
Jack Sher
John Jacob Sher (16 March 1913 – 23 August 1988) was an American newspaper columnist, songwriter, film director, film writer, and producer.
Career
Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for several magazines, including the ''Saturday Evening Post,'' ...
and starring
Dan Duryea,
Jan Sterling,
Patty McCormack and
Mary Fickett.
Plot
Kathy O'Rourke is a child actress who portrays girls such as
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was na ...
on the screen. However, in real life, Kathy is a self-centered brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson is tasked by the studio with the job of keeping national magazine reporter Celeste Saunders, his ex-wife, from discovering that their child star is a devil and not an angel. Celeste and Kathy become great friends because Celeste treats Kathy as a normal child and not as a star. When Kathy runs away to be with Celeste, Harry is accused of kidnapping her.
Cast
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Dan Duryea as Harry Johnson
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Jan Sterling as Celeste Saunders
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Patty McCormack as Kathy O'Rourke
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Mary Fickett as Helen Johnson
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Sam Levene as Ben Melnick
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Mary Jane Croft as Harriet Burton
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Rickey Kelman as Robert 'Bo' Johnson
* Terry Kelman as Tommy Johnson
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Ainslie Pryor as Lieut. Chavez
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Barney Phillips as Matt Williams
* Mel Leonard as Sid
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Casey Walters as Billy Blair
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Walter Woolf King as Donald C. Faber
* Alexander Campbell as Bixby
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Joseph Sargent
Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. He is best known for his feature-length works, like the action movie '' White Lightning'' starring Burt Reynolds, the biopi ...
as Mike
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Mary Carver as Marge
See also
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List of American films of 1958
References
External links
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Films scored by Frank Skinner
Films directed by Jack Sher
Films with screenplays by Jack Sher
1958 comedy films
Universal Pictures films
1950s English-language films
American comedy films
1950s American films
Films about filmmaking
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