History Film / GirlsTown

* FamousAncestor: Would-be rapist Chip Gardner is played by Creator/HaroldLloyd Jr., while Silver's TotallyRadical delivery man date Joe Cates is played by Creator/CharlieChaplinJr.

** The movie tries to be a straight-up morality tale about religion and friendship turning around the life of an angsty juvenile delinquent. The problem is the event that got Silver sent to to Girls Town is something that she didn't even have anything to do with, making it seem like the message is "getting punished for things you didn't do is the best way to better yourself."

* KnightTemplarParents: Chip's father. You can give him credit for being absolutely vicious with the girl he thinks killed his son, but he loses that credit for jumping to conclusions and basically admitting he doesn't care if she's guilty or not, he just wants revenge on ''someone''.

* PapaWolf: Even though he is shown to be wrong and jumping to conclusions, you can definitely give Chip's father some credit for being absolutely ''vicious'' with the girl who he thinks murdered his son.

* CluelessAesop: The movie tries to be a straight-up morality tale about religion and friendship turning around the life of an angsty juvenile delinquent. The problem is the event that got Silver sent to to Girls Town is something that she didn't even have anything to do with, making it seem like the message is "getting punished for things you didn't do is the best way to better yourself."

-->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mike]]:''' A subtle evening gown that says LOOK AT THIS!

%% * BrokenAesop: Tries to be a straight-up morality tale about juvenile delinquency. It comes across as "being punished for something that a) you didn't even do, b) was an accident, and c) would have been entirely justifiable even if you had (fighting off a would-be rapist) is the best way to turn your life around!" To be fair, the father who has her thrown into reform school is clearly shown to be in the wrong, and Silver was on probation.

* Hypocrite: Fred. He hates the Morgan sisters because one of them was present when his friend Chip died, even though it was an accident (which he knows, although he won't admit it), and he's willing to go so far as to {{Blackmail}} them to get revenge. Later, his own actions lead to the accidental death of another of his friends, during a GameOfChicken, but now all of a sudden it's okay, and he's willing to ship a teenage girl off to Mexico to escape punishment.

At Girls Town Silver meets Serafina, an orphan who's been sent to Girls Town for [[StalkerWithACrush obsessively stalking]] IdolSinger Jimmy Parlow (Paul Anka). The two become friends (or "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord henchmen]]") and spend the middle act of the movie bonding and trying to decide what to do next as Serafina continues to struggle with her obsessions and Silver tries to escape and to deal with the machinations of Chip's father who is bent on revenge against her.

The movie [[ColdOpen opens cold]] on a date between teenagers Mary Lee and Chip. Chip attempts to force himself on the girl and in the process of defending herself, she pushes him off a cliff to his death. Chip's body is found by his best friend Fred (Mel Tormé). Fred knows Chip was supposed to be with Mary Lee's sister Silver (Mamie Van Doren) and when he finds Silver's lipstick at the scene he reports her as the killer. Silver has an alibi, but she's currently on probation and so the police give her a choice: go to jail or enroll in the catholic church-run Girls Town, a home for young women in trouble with the law. She reluctantly chooses the latter.

The movie [[ColdOpen opens cold]] on a date between teenagers Mary Lee and Chip. Chip attempts to force himself on the girl and in the process of defending herself, she pushes him off a cliff to his death. Chip's body is found by his best friend Fred (Mel Tormé). Fred knows Chip was supposed to be with Mary Lee's sister Silver (Mamie Van Doren) and when he finds Silver's lipstick at the scene he reports her as the killer. Silver has an alibi, but she's currently on probation and so the police give her a choice: go to jail or enroll in the catholic church-run Girls Town, a home for young women in trouble with the law.

There she meets Serafina, an orphan who's been sent to Girls Town for [[StalkerWithACrush obsessively stalking]] IdolSinger Jimmy Parlow (Paul Anka). The two become friends (or "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord henchmen]]") and spend the middle act of the movie bonding and trying to decide what to do next as Serafina continues to struggle with her obsessions and Silver tries to escape and to deal with the machinations of Chip's father who is bent on revenge against her.

The movie [[ColdOpen opens cold]] on a date between teenagers Mary Lee and Chip. Chip attempts to force himself on the girl and in the process of defending herself, she pushes him off a cliff to his death. Chip's body is found by his best friend Fred (Mel Tormé). Knowing Chip was supposed to be with Mary Lee's sister Silver (Mamie Van Doren)and when he finds Silver's lipstick at the scene he reports her as the killer. Silver has an alibi, but she's currently on probation and so the police give her a choice: go to jail or enroll in the catholic church-run Girls Town, a home for young women in trouble with the law.

* {{Delinquents}}: A whole boarding house full of female delinquents.

''Girls Town'' is a 1959 pseudo-explotation flick starring Paul Anka, Mel Tormé and Mamie Van Doren. Mostly remembered today because it was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

* TheCastShowoff:
** Paul Anka, in his role of Jimmy, gets to sing several times throughout the movie.
** Music/ThePlatters also get a song in the movie, as themselves.

1959 pseudo-explotation flick starring Paul Anka, Mel Torme and Mamie Van Doren. Featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''!

The movie opens with [[{{Delinquent}} Silver]]'s (Mamie Van Doren's character's) sister Mary Lee [[AttemptedRape fending off]] some guy named Chip. In the process, the spaz accidentally falls off a cliff to his death. Silver's lipstick is found at the scene by Fred (Mel Torme), and he tries to {{Blackmail}} Silver, but he's '''Mel Torme''' so that doesn't work.

Meanwhile, some orphaned teenager named [[StalkerWithACrush Serafina]] with an obsession with [[strike:Paul Anka]] [[MessianicArchetype Jimmy]] [[IdolSinger Parlow]] (played by Paul Anka) is brought into Girl's Town - which is totally not a reformatory[[note]]Okay, it's a reformatory[[/note]]. Silver is too (Chip's Dad blames Silver and swears to have her put into jail or worse), because otherwise the movie's title would be pointless as well as stupid.

The two meet and Serafina shows [[SchoolGirlLesbians great interest]] in becoming Silver's "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord Henchmen]]". Silver goes out with a man, but oops! It was one of Chip's Dad's flunkies.

Fred realizes it was Mary Lee who was there when Chip fell off the side of the cliff and tries to blackmail '''her''' into being his partner in [[TooDumbToLive hands-off drag racing]], then plans to send her to Mexico so that she can't rat on him when the other driver dies. Silver catches wind of this and knows she has to save her sister. After a heartfelt rendition of "Ave Maria" from Jimmy, Silver finds religion inexplicably earning the respect of her {{Delinquent}} class mates. They rescue Mary Lee and the movie winds to an end.

Overall, the movie isn't the worst to be aired on ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''. It was a lame attempt to cash in on the popularity of some non-actors and more attention could have been paid to [[YuriFan Serafina and Silver's relationship]] (they actually barely interact in the film), but it does have some clever ideas - they just aren't followed up on enough.

* AssholeVictim: Chip, whose [[strike:murder]] KarmicDeath kicks off the plot, was killed while trying to rape Mary Lee.
* BrokenAesop: Tries to be a straight-up morality tale about [[DawsonCasting "juvenile"]] delinquency. It comes across as "being punished for something that a) you didn't even do, b) was an accident, and c) would have been entirely justifiable even if you had (fighting off a would-be rapist) is the best way to turn your life around!"
** To be fair, the father who has her thrown into reform school is clearly shown to be in the wrong, and Silver was on probation.
* [[ButchLesbian Butch Lesbians]]: Strongly implied with Vida and Flo.
* CatFight

* TheFifties
* HoneyTrap: Reversed - the "smoldering deliveryman" who takes Mamie on a date is actually trying to get her to incriminate herself in Chip's murder. (So, Sausage Trap?)
* IceCreamKoan: Something incoherent about lemmings is supposed to inspire a young delinquent who is being stalked by a man who thinks she murdered his son. In the end, [[MessianicArchetype Jimmy]] is able to this via singing ''Ave Maria''.
* IdolSinger: Paul Anka. Also, his character.
* JiveTurkey: Everyone. Well, not the nuns. Or The Platters.

* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: The explanation for Serafina's obsessions over anyone who shows her the slightest bit of affection is explained by this.
* MaleGaze: Silver Morgan wears a dress that accentuates her large bosom.

* MessianicArchetype: Paul Anka's character. Yeah really.
* NonActorVehicle: Mel Torme, Paul Anka and Ray Anthony.
* PlayingGertrude: Mel Torme, who was well into his 30's (and looked it) while his character was rather obviously supposed to be much younger.
* RapeAsDrama: Twice. First by Chip, then by Fred, both on [[spoiler: Mary Lee]].
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Silver and Serafina
* SempaiKohai: Silver is the Sempai, and Serafina the Kohai.
** Which is a reversal of the actual seniority ladder as Serafina was at Girls Town long before Silver.

* TotallyRadical: The dialogue is just painful at times.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: "Henchman." Silver probably does mean henchman, but the way she defines it ("buddy-buddy, pal") Serafina understandably takes it as "BFF."

Also, [[TheUltimateSexyWomenOfHollywood Mamie Van Doren]].

Overall, the movie isn't the worst to be aired on ''MST3K''. It was a lame attempt to cash in on the popularity of some non-actors and more attention could have been paid to [[YuriFan Serafina and Silver's relationship]] (they actually barely interact in the film), but it does have some clever ideas - they just aren't followed up on enough.

For tropes associated specifically with the ''MST3K'' version, check out the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E01GirlsTown episode recap page]].

-->'''[[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mike]]:''' A subtle evening gown that says LOOK AT THIS!

* ActorAllusion: Mamie Van Doren gets compared to Diana Dors by Tom Servo. The comparison is [[http://www.peeperstv.com/pictures/989254/dianadors.jpg fairly accurate]].

* DawsonCasting: For one, Mamie Van Doren was a mite 11 years older than her character.

* PlayingAgainstType: Mel Torme plays the character described in the JerkAss. [[FlatWhat What.]]
** Actually, jazz singers were not favorably looked on for decades.

* RealLifeRelative: Sorta. The movie stars Harold Lloyd Jr. and Charles Chaplin Jr. [[FlatWhat What?]]

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: "Henchman."
** By "henchman", Silver means "doormat".
*** She probably ''does'' mean "henchman," as in "faithful follower or attendant;" but the way she defines it ("buddy-buddy, pal") Serafina understandably takes it as "BFF."

* StalkerWithACrush: Serafina.

* BrokenAesop: Tries to be a straight-up morality tale about [[DawsonCasting "juvenile"]] delinquincy. It comes across as "being punished for something that a) you didn't even do, b) was an accident, and c) would have been entirely justifiable even if you had (fighting off a would-be rapist) is the best way to turn your life around!"

* MessianicArchetype: Paul Anka's charachter. Yeah really.
* MyBreastsAreDownHere: Silver Morgan wears a dress that accentuates her large bosom.
-->'''[[MST3K Mike]]:''' A subtle evening gown that says LOOK AT THIS!

* HeyItsThatGuy: Dick Contino, ''Film/DaddyO'' himself, is Silver's boyfriend.

Meanwhile, some orphaned teenager named [[StalkerWithACrush Serafina]] with an obsession with [[strike:Paul Anka]] [[MessianicArchetype Jimmy]] [[IdolSinger Parlow]] (played by Paul Anka) is brought into Girl's Town - which is totally not a reformatory[[hottip:*:Okay, it's a reformatory]]. Silver is too (Chip's Dad blames Silver and swears to have her put into jail or worse), because otherwise the movie's title would be pointless as well as stupid.

* BoobsOfSteel: Silver is able to beat up a Judo expert because of this.

!! ''GirlsTown'' has examples of: