Figure 1.-- 'That Cetain Age' was a 1938 Deanna Durbin Vehicle with a Scout theme. It also starred Jackie Cooper who had now outgrown boyhood roles. Deanna pitches in at a Scout event to raise money for a poor troop.

'That Certain Age' is an American musical film directed by Edward Ludwig. It is based on a story by F. Hugh Herbert, This Deanna Durbin vehicle has a Scout theme, but weaves in the omnious events unfolding in Europe during the late-1930s. A suave overseas journalist, Vincent Bullit, has returned home after covering the bloody Spanish Civil War. The newspaper magnate who hired him, Bill Fullerton, now wants to send him East to cover the valiant Chinese resisting the Japanese invasion. Fullerton invites Bullit to the peace and quiet of his own home. There he is to rest up by writing a series of articles about developments in Europe. Enter Diana Durbin playing Fullerton's 15-yearold adolescent daughter Alice who develops a crush on Bullit. Her boy friend, Boy Scout Ken Warren, played by Jackie Cooper, is quickly out of the pictgure. The Fullertons, Ken Warren, and Bullit himself do all they can to discourage the love struck Alice who is at 'that certain age.' At the beginning of the film, Alice sings a song called 'Be a Good Scout'. It is sung at a Scout Jamboree. Durbin and the Scout troop she is helping are doing a concert to raise money so that a poorer Scout Troop can go to summer camp. Alice helps out by giving permission to use the family home to rehearse. Jackie Searl also appears. He was about 18 yeats old and at the end of his boyhood roles..

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