Frankie is a 12 year old tomboy. Her brother is getting married and young Frances (Frankie) is hoping to be able to leave town with him and his new bride when they go on their honeymoon.
At first this movie was hard to watch with all the dialogue. Then I really started feeling for this character and what she was going through. Her dad didn’t have time to listen to her. All the other girls in the neighborhood were in a club without her, and her best friend was a little boy who lived next door. When she ends up meeting her new sister to be, she is mesmerized with her. She wants to be that glamorous young woman, not the little girl that she is. Being a tomboy myself growing up, it was very easy to identify with this girl.
A lot of the dialogue in the movie is with Bernice, the family’s maid. She has been married several times but remembers what her first love felt like. She is a remarkable woman and you really get a sense of her character throughout the movie. She plays a big part in helping little Frankie grow up.
Julie Harris is the actress who plays Frankie. She was in East of Eden which I had just seen, so I went with this movie next. She is fantastic in this movie. I heard she was 26 while playing a 12 year old and I was very impressed with the way she took on a younger look, her hair was very shortly cropped and through most of the film she is dirty and not so nicely dressed.
When her brother’s marriage is over and the tantrum that she throws is over, this young girl starts growing up and we see evidence of this in the end. I highly recommend this movie, if only to women young and old. It is a gem!
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