Dear Brat

Dear Brat (1951)

Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge of her father, elects him to the position of honorary president. When the family's new gardener, Baxter, turns out to be a notorious ex-convict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge, Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society.

Date of release
1951-05-30
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
William A. Seiter
Collection
Dear Trilogy

Casting

Interesting facts

Dear Brat is a 1951 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Mona Freeman and Billy De Wolfe. It is the third in a series, following Dear Ruth (1947) and Dear Wife (1949).

Production

In March 1950, Paramount announced a sequel to Dear Wife titled Dear Mom. Arthur Sheekman and Jack Sher were assigned to write the script and Robert Welsch was to produce. In August, Norman Z. McLeod was suspended by Paramount for refusing to direct the film. That same month, the project was retitled Dear Brat. It was to be based on an original story by Deverey Freeman and produced by Mel Epstein.

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