Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move in, and urges the girls to participate in the annual Rose Bowl beauty pageant. Meanwhile Mrs. Fielding's son Tom makes eyes at Peggy but she's smitten with a famous football star so she tries to redirect his interest to Susan.

Diana Lynn
as Peggy Brookfield

Charles Coburn
as Professor Brookfield

Charlotte Greenwood
as Mrs. Emilia Fielding

Barbara Lawrence
as Susan Brookfield

Charles Drake
as Tom Fielding

Rock Hudson
as Johnny "Scat" Mitchell

Connie Gilchrist
as Miss Zim, the Nurse

Griff Barnett
as Dr. Philip Wilcox

James Todd
as Mr. Gardiner

Jerome Cowan
as Fred Collins
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Perhaps it's a testament to her acting skills, but I found the performance of Charlotte Greenwood as the interfering neighbour "Mrs. Fielding" extremely annoying! She imposes herself on the newly arrived folks next door - the "Brookfield" family consisting a bookish professor (Charles Coburn) and hi...