Run Girl Run
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"Run Girl Run" is a 1954 American television play. It was devised as a vehicle for Lee Meriwether who was Miss America.
Premise
The story of an insecure actress who returns to her home town.
Cast
- Lee Meriwether
- Mary Astor
- Lin McCarthy
- Robert F. Simon
- Margot Stevenson
- Ann Shoemaker
- Duncan McLeod
- Patricia Falkenhain
Reception
Variety said Elliott "wrote the piece with Miss Merriwether in mind so the role wasn’t too taxing and showcased as a pleasant if not exciting ingenue. The Miss America prize won her a scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse and her debut shows she had the material to develop."{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=Tele follow up|url=https://archive.org/details/variety196-1954-12/page/n308/mode/1up?|date=29 December 1954|page=30}}
The Philadelphia Inquirer said Meriwether was "enormously compelling".{{cite news|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=28 December 1954|page=18|title=Miss America displays talent}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb episode|id=0674358}}
{{Robert Mulligan}}
{{Sumner Locke Elliott}}