Cynthia
ComedyDramaMusicRomance
Sickly girl finds an outlet in music.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Writers
Harold Buchman, Viña Delmar, Charles Kaufman
Stars
Elizabeth Taylor, George Murphy, S.Z. Sakall
Release Date
August 29, 1947
Language
English
Country
United States
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💬 25
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🎭 Top Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
as Cynthia Bishop
George Murphy
as Larry Bishop
S.Z. Sakall
as Prof. Rosenkrantz
Mary Astor
as Louise Bishop
Gene Lockhart
as Dr. Fred I. Jannings
Spring Byington
as Carrie Jannings
Jimmy Lydon
as Ricky Latham
Scotty Beckett
as Will Parker
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Carol Brannon
as Fredonia Jannings
Anna Q. Nilsson
as Miss Brady, English Teacher
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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🎯 Categories
Teen DramaTeen RomanceComedyDramaMusicRomance
⭐ Featured Review
Hypochondia by Proxy
"At the height of her film career Elizabeth Taylor was one of the most famous women in the world, and even after she retired from acting she remained famous, largely because of her notoriously complex love-life. And yet there are a surprisingly large number of films on her CV which today are virtually forgotten and which even when first released probably did not arouse a great deal of interest. "Cynthia", dating from 1947 when Taylor was only fifteen, is a case in point. Cynthia Bishop is a beautiful teenage high school girl from the small town of Napoleon, Illinois. Most of the plo..."
💡 Did You Know?
A rare nasty role for Spring Byington (Carrie Jannings).
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📖 Synopsis
Sickly girl finds an outlet in music.