ComedyDrama

The Under-Pup

- There's one in every family

A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls she's just as good as they are.

Release Date : 1939-08-31

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Pip-Emma Binns

Original Name : Gloria Jean

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dennis Lane

Original Name : Robert Cummings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priscilla Adams

Original Name : Nan Grey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandpa

Original Name : C. Aubrey Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Delphine Thornton

Original Name : Beulah Bondi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Janet Cooper

Original Name : Virginia Weidler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Cooper

Original Name : Margaret Lindsay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Layton

Original Name : Raymond Walburn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Letty Lou

Original Name : Ann Gillis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Franklin Cooper

Original Name : Paul Cavanagh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tolio

Original Name : Billy Gilbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tolio's Son

Original Name : Kenneth Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tolio's Son

Original Name : Billy Lenhart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle Dan

Original Name : Frank Jenks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cecilia Layton

Original Name : Shirley Mills

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. McKay

Original Name : Samuel S. Hinds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Binns

Original Name : Ernest Truex

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Binns

Original Name : Doris Lloyd

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jerry Binns

Original Name : Dickie Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Druggist

Original Name : Spencer Charters

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Joyce Aehle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butler

Original Name : Charles Coleman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edna

Original Name : Marie Farnum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : June Harlan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lawyer

Original Name : Harry Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Ida Mae Hays

Gender : Male

Character Name : Business Man

Original Name : Howard Hickman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lawyer

Original Name : Selmer Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in Church

Original Name : Payne B. Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Wendelhares

Original Name : Cecil Kellaway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Iris Kirksey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Joanne Lybrook

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Ann MacLean

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soda Jerk

Original Name : Matt McHugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra in audience

Original Name : Edmund Mortimer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Roles

Original Name : Edwina Pierce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Jean Porter

Gender : Female

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Carol Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Penguin Girl

Original Name : Marjorie Whatley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Butler

Original Name : Eric Wilton

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-22

Now, as a man who really doesn't much like children in films unless it's "Oliver!" (1968), I guess I was asking for trouble when I started to watch this. The opening scene features cinema debutante, the 13 year old Gloria Jean ("Pip-Emma"), giving us the equivalent of an audio postcard of Charles Previn's recent holiday in Switzerland. Yep, a good old fashioned yodel! Luckily, I couldn't be bothered fetching the remote control so decided to persevere and, actually, it's not entirely awful. The young girl wins an essay competition with a first prize of a summer camp experience in a facility frequented by wealthier girls. She arrives and is shunned by her hosts - except one of the teachers, and what follows is a depiction of just how cruel young children can be to one another. Our spunky heroine is not to be deterred, however, and she perseveres... No, there are no twists or turns, it turns out exactly as you would expect. Shirley Mills is quite good as the rather spoilt brat "Cecilia" and C. Aubrey Smith (aged 76) looks suitably fitting as the youngster's kindly, sagely, "Grandpa" as this battle of wills takes a lightly moralistic take en route to an ending that is never in doubt. You will either adore the singing or you won't (I didn't) and I suspect that will define how much you enjoy this. If you like the first ten minutes, then this is for you... if not, well...