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JG: Girls Town is a movie that wears its politics on its sleeve. You've called the film’s storytelling “didactic,” and I did read one review where the critic compared the style to an after-school special.
Girls Town is a 1959 American drama film directed by Charles F. Haas and starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, and Ray Anthony. Paul Anka also appears in his first acting role. Van Doren stars as a juvenile delinquent who is sent to a girls' school run by nuns, where she finds herself unable to help her sister.
Aug 30, 1996 · Girls Town. 90 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1996. Roger Ebert. August 30, 1996. 3 min read. Near the beginning of “Girls Town” there is a scene where two high school girls have a heart-to-heart talk while sprawled on a bed, reading a journal.
Jun 7, 2024 · The movie's pretty good! Ridiculous youth slang, interesting no-hands drag race, hilarious presence of Paul Anka and Mel Tormé. MST3K commentary quite funny on this one.
Girls Town is a serious film, even demanding in the complexity of its people and their relationships, yet it gets a steady stream of laughs. Truly, Girls Town... captures the human comedy.
Girls Town: Directed by Charles F. Haas. With Mamie Van Doren, Mel Tormé, Ray Anthony, Margaret Hayes. Silver is a troubled teenage girl sent to a Catholic reform school, where she has trouble fitting in.
Overview. Chip is killed accidentally while trying to rape a blonde girl, who runs. Silver becomes the number one suspect even though she has an alibi, but due to previous brushes with the law she's sent to Girls Town, a home for young women in trouble with the law which is run by nuns.
