That Hagen Girl

Infobox_Movie
name =That Hagen Girl

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caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
imdb_id =0039892
writer =Charles Hoffman
Edith Kneipple Roberts
starring =Shirley Temple
Ronald Reagan
Rory Calhoun
Lois Maxwell
director =Peter Godfrey
producer =Alex Gottlieb
music = Franz Waxman
distributor =Warner Bros.
release_date = 1947
runtime =83 min.
movie_language =English
budget =

"That Hagen Girl" was an American film released in 1947. It starred Shirley Temple and Ronald Reagan. It was produced by Warner Bros..

The plot revolves around the small town of Jordan* and a local teenager named Mary Hagen (Temple) who gossips believe is an illegitimate daughter of former resident and lawyer Tom Bates (Reagan). She is frequently treated badly due to this rumor. Gossip intensifies when Bates moves back into town and begins a friendship with Hagen's favorite teacher Julia Kane (Lois Maxwell). There are hints that Bates is the real father of Hagen, though it is later revealed that she is an orphan that the Hagen family adopted in Evanston, with no relation to Bates. When the teacher leaves town after her 1 year contract at the school, she suggests to Bates that he stops playing as Hagan's father as it has become clear that he is in love with her. The movie ends with Bates and Hagen boarding a train, presumably to get married. Mary Hagen's adopted father Jim Hagan asks Bates to take care of Mary. In the final scene, a towns person asks "Well, what are we gonna talk about now?"

*Even though the novel indicates that the location of this setting as Jordan, Ohio, the actual events occurred in northeastern Indiana. The town was actually Huntington which is about twenty five miles south west of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The residence (semi mansion) was, and still is located in a historically elite area on North Jefferson Street. A further note on this content is that the maid for many years was Effie Reed who was responsible for taking food to the third floor where the Hagen girl was held captive and befriended her.

Lois Maxwell earned a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the film.cite news |title=Lois Maxwell, 80, an Actress Who Played in 14 ‘Bond’ Films, Dies |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/01/movies/01maxwell.html?ref=arts|publisher= "The New York Times" / "Associated Press"|date= October 1, 2007]

The movie was included in the popular 1978 book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time". The authors of the book report that almost all prints of the film mysteriously disappeared from various film storage facilities and television stations as Ronald Reagan was becoming a prominent political figure. The film resurfaced in the 1990s with showings on Turner Classic Movies. Reagan considered it his least liked role.cite news |title= Biography > Hollywood Years |url=http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/biography/hollywood_years.asp |publisher= Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation ]

References

External links

*Medved, Harry, and Randy Dreyfuss. "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way)". 1978, Warner Books. ISBN 0-445-04139-0
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ee also

* Ronald Reagan films