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April Love (1957)

April Love poster
Directed by
Henry Levin
Genre
musical film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A city teen gets into trouble and is sent to work on his aunt and uncle's farm in Kentucky. There he meets a local girl and learns to appreciate country life.

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What happens

April Love is an American musical film directed by Henry Levin and produced by David Weisbart, based on the novel Phantom Filly by George Agnew Chamberlain (New York City, 1941). Photographed in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color by Wilfred M. Cline, it was the fourth most popular movie of 1957 and stars Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Arthur O'Connell, Dolores Michaels, Matt Crowley, Jeanette Nolan and Bradford Jackson. The title song, sung by Boone, went to number one on the Billboard Chart in December 1957 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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