Song Of The Open Road

A sweet young 14-year-old named Jane Powell made her debut in this film, and they surrounded her with several cameos to help the project along, although she didn't need anyone but herself. In a slight parody of Shirley Temple-Judy Garland, Powell is an immensely successful and popular child movie actress who is lonely. She makes a movie about the CCC fruit pickers (this was an actual group begun by Roosevelt to help youngsters have employment during the Depression) and grows to love the life. So when her next acting job is offered, she takes off, leaves her mother, Hobart, a note, jumps aboard her bike and pedals out to where the young people are doing their best t...