Universal Punishing Their Family Audience Again ...

One I Barely Got Through --- Tammy Tell Me True (1961)

Note the Co-Feature For This LA Saturation
Open --- Greenbriar Will Visit It Soon

Down river sprite spreads homespun wisdom among collegiates and those misguided. Producer Ross Hunter was riding crest of his Universal deal, an on-lot independent who seemingly could not fail, his self-admitted retro stuff a color and bigscreen remind of what patronage saw on late, late shows. Hunter may have been a last to embrace movies done vintage way, and making it pay. The Tammys had begun with Debbie Reynolds, but Sandra Dee would do as well, being more age-appropriate to play the "full-growed woman" still treated as a girl. Cast/crew had short hop to commissary lunch, Tammy Tell Me True being shot entire on Universal grounds. They don't even appear to have gone to USC or UCLA for college backdrop. Students all dress well for Professor John Gavin's class, boys with coat/tie, girls in poodle dresses. When did that end on real campuses? Tammy is celebrated for "Elizabethan" English she speaks, a point I wish they'd explored further. Ross Hunter was loyal to players and kept a stock company busy: Virginia Grey, Juanita Moore, Gigi Perreau, others turn up here from past pics of his. Retroplex has been running Tammy Tell Me True in gratifying 1.85 and HD.