Margie (1946 film)

Margie is a 1946 American romantic comedy film in Technicolor, directed by Henry King and starring Jeanne Crain, about a high school girl in the 1920s who develops a crush on her French teacher. Margie was a box-office hit, ranking in the top 15 highest-grossing films of the year, and established Crain as an important Fox star. Although not a true movie musical (as it uses period recordings, with only a few songs being partially performed by characters in the film), it is sometimes classified with musicals for the large number of 1920s-era popular songs incorporated as nostalgic background in the film. The film was the basis for the 1961 television sitcom Margie, featuring Cynthia Pepper.