That Certain Age (1938)

Deanna Durbin stars in yet another hit as Alice, a girl stuck between childhood and adulthood.

Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Nancy Carroll, John Halliday, Jackie Searl, Juanita Quigley, Charles Coleman, Peggy Stewart, Grant Mitchell, Claire Du Brey, Helen Grayco, Buddy Pepper, Vondell Darr, Leonard Sues, Edmund Mortimer, Ruth Weston, David Oliver, Bess Flowers, Russell Hicks, Mary Kornman, Lon McCallister, Matt McHugh, Moroni Olsen, Addison Richards, Rolfe Sedan

SYNOPSIS:

Alice Fullerton is the 15-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Bill. She becomes involved with a group of boy scouts, who is led by Ken Warren. Ken wants to put up a show to raise money in order to go to scout camp. Alice helps him out with giving him permission to use the family home to rehearse. She is very helpful to them and is eventually given permission to be a part of the act. Meanwhile, Bill offers the house to reporter Vince Bullit, who intends on finishing an article in peace and quiet. Alice fears for her new friends being kicked out of the house and decides to try and scare Vincent away.
She tries to scare Vincent by pretending the house is haunted by evil ghost. However, Vincent sees through the hoax and confronts Alice. She tells him the whole truth. Vincent sympathizes them and decides to leave the house, but Bill doesn't want him to. Alice changes mind when she discovers Vincent is ill. She takes care of him and develops a crush. Ken, who has a crush on Alice, becomes jealous and tries to infuriate her by replacing her with singer Mary Lee.
When an upcoming party is announced, Alice is determined to buy Vincent an expensive gift. She sells some of her stuff and buys a cigarette lighter. At the night of the party, she secretly burrows a dress from her mother to look older. She demands her to take her dress off. Enraged, Alice refuses to talk to anyone. Ken tells Vincent and Alice's parents she is in love with Vincent. Alice's mother tries to discourage Alice, but she is determined to marry him.
At the night of the party, Alice's mother puts up a lie to discourage her daughter. She tells Alice Vincent is married to a reporter called Grace Bristow. Alice finally gives up her crush and is allowed to take over the part in the show when Mary Lee becomes ill

IMDB

Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton invites Bullit to the peace and quiet of his own home to write a series of European affair articles. When Fullerton's adolescent daughter Alice develops a crush on Bullit, her suitor, boyscout Ken Warren, doesn't seem to stand a chance. Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, Ken Warren, and even Vincent Bullit himself do their best to sway young Alice's feelings away from the older man. It's a difficult task though, as she is at 'that certain age.'
~ Gary Jackson

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