Vacation Days (1947) - The Teen-Agers #4

Released January 25, 1947 - - Monogram's musical-comedy "Teen Agers" film series. "Miss Hinklefink (Belle Mitchell) inherits a western ranch and, in order to spend the summer with Professor Owen Townley (Milton Kibbee), she invites students Freddie Trimball (Freddie Stewart), Dodie Rogers (June Preisser, Betty Rogers (Noel Neill), Lee Watson (Warren Mills) and Roy Donne (Frankie Darro) to spend their vacation on the ranch if Townley will help chaperone the kids. Real estate agent Tom Sneed (Hugh Prosser') tries to persuade her to send the kids home when desperadoes rob the bank. In the saloon, Sneed's henchman Charlie (Terry Frost) mistakes Freddie for a baby-faced killer, who was blamed for a murder actually committed by Sneed, and ranch foreman Big Jim (John Hart), also working for Sneed, tries to kill Freddie." We have a bit of story progression in this installment as Mr. Weatherbee/Professor Townley and Miss Grundy/Hinklefink finally pair up, although Townley is fairly obnoxious about it ("I've decided to accept you".) Great appearance by Spade Cooley and his orchestra. Freddie Stewart ... Freddie Trimball June Preisser ... Dodie Rogers Frankie Darro ... Roy Donne Warren Mills ... Lee Watson Noel Neill ... Betty Rogers Milton Kibbee ... Professor Owen Townley Belle Mitchell ... Miss Hinklefink John Hart ... Big Jim Hugh Prosser ... Tom Sneed Terry Frost ... Charlie Edythe Elliott ... Mrs. Rogers Claire James ... Indian Girl Spade Cooley ... Spade Cooley Jerry Wald ... Orchestra Leader Spade Cooley Band... Western Band