First Love
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
Henry Koster
Casts & Crew
Deanna Durbin
Robert Stack
Eugene Pallette
Helen Parrish
Lewis Howard
Leatrice Joy
Marcia Mae Jones
June Storey
Frank Jenks
Kathleen Howard
Thurston Hall
Samuel S. Hinds
Doris Lloyd
Charles Coleman
Jack Mulhall
Mary Treen
Dorothy Vaughan
Lucille Ward
Virginia Brissac
Lillian Bronson
Ralph Brooks
Jack Chefe
Sayre Dearing
Rex Evans
Bess Flowers
Julia Griffith
Grace Hayle
Thomas Martin
Lon McCallister
Harold Miller
Peggy Moran
Edmund Mortimer
Broderick O'Farrell
Robert Paige
Ronald R. Rondell
Larry Steers
Bert Stevens
Amzie Strickland
Walter Tetley
Ellinor Vanderveer
Russell Wade
Larry Wheat
Eric Wilton
Sam Harris
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