The Under-Pup

The Under-Pup (1939)

There's one in every family

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls she's just as good as they are.

Date of release
1939-08-31
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Richard Wallace

Casting

Interesting facts

The Under-Pup is a 1939 American feature film by Richard Wallace that introduced soprano singing star Gloria Jean to the screen.

Production

The screenplay by Grover Jones was based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie, which was published in 1938.

Joe Pasternak held extensive auditions to find the lead throughout 1938, during which he discovered Gloria Jean. She later recalled:

There were hundreds of beautiful little girls there [at the audition]. I had been grabbed out of the sandbox, and I didn’t look so nice. I had pigtails and my teeth were a little crooked. But that’s what Joe liked.... I said, ‘I can’t sing, the piano’s out of tune.’ My mother almost shot me. Joe said, ‘I like this kid.

Filming took place from May to June 1939. It was originally budgeted at $445,000.

Robert Cummings had just appeared in Three Smart Girls Grow Up and been signed to a long-term contract with Universal. Although The Under-Pup was his first above-the-title lead, he was overshadowed by screen newcomer Gloria Jean, on whom the publicity was focused.

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