Niñas sin hogar

Título original: Girls Town

1959
1h 30min

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Paul Anka and Mamie Van Doren in Niñas sin hogar (1959)

Silver es una adolescente con problemas enviada a un reformatorio católico, donde tiene problemas para adaptarse.Silver es una adolescente con problemas enviada a un reformatorio católico, donde tiene problemas para adaptarse.Silver es una adolescente con problemas enviada a un reformatorio católico, donde tiene problemas para adaptarse.

Dirección
- Charles F. Haas
Guionistas
- Robert Hardy Andrews
- Robert Smith
Elenco

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3.8/10

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Dirección
- Charles F. Haas
Guionistas
- Robert Hardy Andrews
- Robert Smith
Elenco

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lzf0

A Laugh Riot

Yes, I know that Albert Zugsmith's films are low budget trash. But they are all so entertaining! My favorite part of this one is the casting of Mel Torme as a tough gang leader. Could there possibly be worse casting? And then there's Paul Anka. During the film, bad Mel has a fight with angelic Paul. I always wondered what that was about! Was this supposed to be some Zionist statement or did Mel object to Paul's out of tune singing of "Ave Maria"? Maybe Mel wanted to sing it in Yiddish or use it as a vehicle for a scat solo! But, I digress. Like all the Zugsmith films, this one is both intentionally and unintentionally funny. Director Haas' fast paced direction never lets the film get boring, even though the acting is as horrible as usual. It's in the same class with "High School Confidential", "The Big Operator", "College Confidential" and the greatest of them all, "Sex Kttens Go to College". Thank you Mr. Zugsmith! Don't miss this camp classic.

4ericstevenson

Dang, there were a lot of these

Movies from "Mystery Science Theater 3000" made at this time are so amazingly dated. They even talk about how obnoxious the slang is. This film features a woman falsely accused of murder going to a Catholic reform school. I guess I'll give the movie credit for having a concept that I have never seen before. Its main flaw is that it's still too boring! All cheesy 1950's movies are looking the same. The pacing is really bad. It isn't until the last ten minutes that something really important happens.

There are just so many pointless scenes. We have nothing going on with the girls just talking and cleaning the house and everything. I don't know if this is how actual reform schools like this work. Well, it gave a somewhat positive image of religion. I don't think that people pray through Saint Jude to God. Well, maybe that was just how they did it back then. Well, I finally got done writing eight reviews on this website in one day! I am never doing this again. *1/2

4stormofwar

Not outright bad, but not memorable either.

Admittedly, I watched the MST3K version of this, but it's not actually too bad outright, at least compared to others which deserve my cinematic hatred.

The story centers around a troubled girl wrongly sent to a "reform school" called Girls' Town. Along way, races, redemption, and wackiness (unintentional) happen. The story and acting are a little flat, as is the action. However, the entire thing is actually entertaining to a degree if you are absolutely bored.

Overall, just a simple sub par 50's flick, but far from the worst movie ever made, with some bright spots in the movie (The Ave Maria sequence was good for me).

If you get a chance to watch the MST3K version, you won't be disappointed. By it self, not so much, but I can think of worse methods of torture ("Spiker" anyone?).

bux

Celluloid proof that Arch Hall Jr. should have been a contender

How do you get so much talent together and have something so awful? Just look at the cast...Mel Torme, the "Velvet Fog" in leather and corduroy...Paul Anka and two sons of the greatest comedians ever...how could they go so wrong here? The paper thin plot is hoked up with a lot of the not-so-great 50s songs, a bad driving scene that is supposed to hold us breathless, and a lot of views of the L.A. River. Is it any wonder that Arch Hall Jr. thought he had a future in the business after seeing stuff like this cranked out by a MAJOR STUDIO?

2Aaron1375

Welcome to girl's town!

This is one of those rebel type movies where the plot has way to many points and the film ends up being a tad jumbled. On the bright side it features Mel Torma whom I never have seen in anything other than old Night Court episodes thus proving he did do something. The plot is all over the place it basically has a guy tumbling over a cliff after chasing a girl in an attempt to sexual assault her, though they never say it in those terms. A girl gets picked up as she was supposed to be having a date with said guy and she is sent to Girl's Town, a place run by nuns that has all the makings of a reform school, but for some reason they act as if it is not one. You also have subplots about a girl who goes gaga for a singer and a race between rival gangs. Just one of those films that is just to all over the place, and you are required to listen to the occasional song sung by either Paul Anka or The Platters. Girl's Town seems like a strange place where the girls can harass the newbies all they want and the nuns rarely intervene. They do role up their sleeves and help with washing the floor, however.

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Trivia
This film was parodied by Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Season 7, Episode 1.

Errores
Obvious dummies in Stan's car as it runs up the embankment and crashes during the chicken scene.

Citas
Stan Joyce: [as the Dragon and Jaguar gangs square off] You cats lookin' for a rumble?
Fred Alger: We're lookin' for Silver Morgan.
Silver Morgan: [Steps out] You found her.
Fred Alger: You had a date with Chip tonight.
Silver Morgan: So what?
Fred Alger: You drove out to the cave with him.
Silver Morgan: Guess again, flea brain. I stood him up.
Fred Alger: Why?
Silver Morgan: I got tired of you cats with the fast cars and the slow heads. You give me a pain in the ears.
Stan Joyce: That's tellin' him, chick.
Fred Alger: Is this your lipstick, baby?
Silver Morgan: Where did you get it?
Fred Alger: Chip's dead.
Silver Morgan: Dead?
Fred Alger: Yeah, dead.
Silver Morgan: I always told him he drove that Jag real crazy.
Stan Joyce: Wait a minute. How did it happen?
Fred Alger: He went over a cliff but not in his Jag. Silver here must have pushed him.
Silver Morgan: You're in queersville, man. You've flipped.
Fred Alger: What are you givin' me, baby? I saw you runnin' away over an hour ago.
Fred Alger, Stan Joyce: You're nuts. The chick' been here all the time since this crazy weenie roast began So, uh, why don't you guys get in your little cars and blow?
Fred Alger: Yeah, sure.
[Grabs Silver]
Fred Alger: C'mon baby, you're blowin' with us.
Silver Morgan: [Wrests away from him] Ha! Ha! Ha!
Charley Boy: Hey, man. Have some suds?
[He splashes Fred with beer and all the Dragons laugh]
Fred Alger: [Angry] It's on.
[the two gangs get into a rumble]

Versiones alternativas
Some prints are missing a censored 1:51 minute scene of the star singing while taking a shower, provocatively photographed through an opaque shower door. The scene can be found online through a key word search: "Mamie Van Doren Hey Mama".