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''Kathy [=O'=]'' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film, directed and co-written by Jack Sher and starring none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''Film/TheBadSeed'', ''Film/TheBadSeed1956'', right down to the pigtails!
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* ActorAllusion: A very BIG one towards ''Film/TheBadSeed'' which starred the same actress. The fact that they look very similar from the pigtails to the dresses they wore is the entire point and the movie lulls you at first into thinking that she's just as nasty as the evil little girl from the first movie. And then the movie portrays her a bit more sympathetically during the second half and most importantly, [[spoiler: she gets her pigtails chopped off]] as if to drive home to the audience that [[IAmNotSpock Patty [=McCormack=] is NOT Rhoda Pembroke]].
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* ActorAllusion: A very BIG one towards ''Film/TheBadSeed'' ''Film/TheBadSeed1956'' which starred the same actress. The fact that they look very similar from the pigtails to the dresses they wore is the entire point and the movie lulls you at first into thinking that she's just as nasty as the evil little girl from the first movie. And then the movie portrays her a bit more sympathetically during the second half and most importantly, [[spoiler: she gets her pigtails chopped off]] as if to drive home to the audience that [[IAmNotSpock Patty [=McCormack=] is NOT Rhoda Pembroke]].
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''Kathy [=O'=]''' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film, directed and co-written by Jack Sher and starring none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''Film/TheBadSeed'', right down to the pigtails! pigtails!
As you'll probably gather from looking over at that poster image, this film is a great departure from ''that'' one. But, anyhow...
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Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson (Dan Duryea) is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste Saunders (Jan Sterling). Meanwhile, the insistence that Kathy make an appearance at the Christmas parade has made her more irritable, so Harry and Kathy make a deal that she'll act nice for Celeste in exchange for being pulled out of said parade. The deal leads to an unexpected friendship between Kathy and Celeste. Unfortunately, after running away to be with Celeste, Harry is suspected of kidnapping.
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Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson (Dan Duryea) is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste Saunders (Jan Sterling). Meanwhile, the insistence that Kathy make an appearance at the Christmas parade has made her more irritable, so Harry and Kathy make a deal that she'll act nice for Celeste in exchange for being pulled out of said parade. The deal leads to an unexpected friendship between Kathy and Celeste. Unfortunately, after running Celeste... so much so that the former runs away to be with Celeste, the latter, causing Harry is to be suspected of kidnapping.
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''Kathy [=O'=]''' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film film, directed and co-written by Jack Sher and starring none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''Film/TheBadSeed'', right down to the pigtails! Looking back over at that first sentence, poster image, you'll notice this film is a great departure from ''that'' one. Anyhow...
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Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson (Dan Duryea) is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste Saunders (Jan Sterling). Meanwhile, the insistence that Kathy make an appearance at the Christmas parade has made her more irritable, so Harry and Kathy make a deal that she'll act nice for Celeste in exchange for being pulled out of said parade. The deal leads to an unexpected friendship between Kathy and Celeste. After Unfortunately, after running away to be with Celeste, Harry is suspected of kidnapping.
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'''''Kathy O'''''' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and it stars none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''Film/TheBadSeed'', down to the pigtails! Looking back at that first sentence, you'll notice this film is a great departure from ''that'' one. Anyhow...
Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste Saunders. Meanwhile, the insistence that Kathy make an appearance at the Christmas parade has made her more irritable, so Harry and Kathy make a deal that she'd act nice for Celeste in exchange for being pulled out of said parade. The deal leads to an unexpected friendship between Kathy and Celeste. After running away to be with Celeste, Harry is suspected of kidnapping.
Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste Saunders. Meanwhile, the insistence that Kathy make an appearance at the Christmas parade has made her more irritable, so Harry and Kathy make a deal that she'd act nice for Celeste in exchange for being pulled out of said parade. The deal leads to an unexpected friendship between Kathy and Celeste. After running away to be with Celeste, Harry is suspected of kidnapping.
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Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson (Dan Duryea) is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste
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'''''Kathy O'''''' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and it stars none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''TheBadSeed'', ''Film/TheBadSeed'', down to the pigtails! Looking back at that first sentence, you'll notice this film is a great departure from ''that'' one. Anyhow...
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'''''Kathy O’''''' O'''''' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and it stars none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''TheBadSeed'', down to the pigtails! Looking back at that first sentence, you'll notice this film is a great departure from ''that'' one. Anyhow...
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* MythologyGag: A BIG one towards ''Film/TheBadSeed'' which starred the same actress. The fact that they look very similar from the pigtails to the dresses they wore is the entire point and the movie lulls you at first into thinking that she's just as nasty as the girl from the first movie. And then the movie portrays her a bit more sympathetically during the second half and most importantly, [[spoiler: she gets her pigtails chopped off]] as if to drive home to the audience that Patty [=McCormack=] [[PlayingAgainstType is NOT Rhoda Pembroke]].
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'''''Kathy O’''''' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and it stars none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''TheBadSeed'', down to the pigtails! Looking back at that first sentence, you'll notice this film a great departure from ''that'' one. Anyhow...
Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste Saunders. Meanwhile, the insistence that Kathy make an appearance at the Christmas parade has made her more irritable, so Harry and Kathy make a deal that she'd act nice for Celeste in exchange for being pulled out of said parade. The deal leads to an unexpected friendship between Kathy and Celeste. After running away to be with Celeste, Harry is suspected of kidnapping.
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!!Provides examples of:
* BecomingTheMask: Originally, her being nice to Celeste was all an act but the more they hung out together, the more she began to genuinely like being with her because Celeste treated her like a kid, not a star.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Kathy becomes a much happier child in the end as Harry finally understood her, found a friend in Celeste, and even more friends in the form of Harry and Helen's children.]]
* EnfantTerrible: At first, the movie and the adults working around her paints Kathy as this, especially when she stabs a poster with scissors. This is later {{subverted}} when she reveals to the few adults who tried to understand her that she's just a girl who felt alone.
* FriendlessBackground: Being schooled by a private tutor in the studio, Kathy doesn't get to hang around kids her age. Hence, she never got to have friends.
* GirlishPigtails: Kathy, carried over from [=McCormack=]'s portrayal of [[Film/TheBadSeed Rhoda]], jarringly enough. [[spoiler: This makes the {{important haircut}} she received later that much more special]].
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Kathy confides to Harry's wife Helen that Celeste is the only friend she had and the only person who she felt had loved her. She assures Kathy that there must be others, but she doesn't believe it or know it.
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Harry's boys cut off Kathy's pigtails, but they did so with her consent as she states she doesn't like the pigtails anymore. By the end of the film, she sports a short bob and has become much nicer than when she first appeared.]]
* IntergenerationalFrienship: Kathy and Celeste, much to Harry's surprise.
* MythologyGag: A BIG one towards ''Film/TheBadSeed'' which starred the same actress. The fact that they look very similar from the pigtails to the dresses they wore is the entire point and the movie lulls you at first into thinking that she's just as nasty as the girl from the first movie. And then the movie portrays her a bit more sympathetically during the second half and most importantly, [[spoiler: she gets her pigtails chopped off]] as if to drive home to the audience that Patty [=McCormack=] [[PlayingAgainstType is NOT Rhoda Pembroke]].
* OffstageVillainy: Due to lack of focus, it's not known to what extent did Kathy's aunt pressure or force her niece into projects that Kathy really doesn't want to do. It's because of her overbearing presence that Kathy ran away to be with Celeste when her aunt had forced her to be in the Christmas parade after Harry promised that she'll get her out of it. [[spoiler: By the end, it's stated that she has softened somewhat as she let Kathy play with Harry's family and their children during the holidays.]]
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Kathy, which the studio doesn't want to get word out of. [[spoiler: She gets better.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Kathy's Aunt Harriet states to Celeste that her parents died of an automobile accident. She is currently raised by her aunt.
* SpoiledBrat: Kathy acts like this most of the time, especially in the studio. It's later revealed, however, that she acts like this because she doesn't get to have any fun because of her job.
* StepfordSmiler: What little is seen of Kathy during the televised Christmas parade as she forces to wave and smile for the crowd and cameras. Understandable because her aunt just forced her to be in it even though Harry had gotten her out of it when they made the deal.
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'''''Kathy O’''''' is a 1958 American comedy-drama film directed by Jack Sher and it stars none other than Patty [=McCormack=]. Yes, the very same one from ''TheBadSeed'', down to the pigtails! Looking back at that first sentence, you'll notice this film a great departure from ''that'' one. Anyhow...
Kathy O'Rourke ([=McCormack=]) is a child actress who often portrays sweet little girls in movies, but off-screen, she is anything but and acts like a spoiled brat. Publicity agent Harry Johnson is hired with the task to not let word out of her disagreeable behavior to his ex-wife columnist, Celeste Saunders. Meanwhile, the insistence that Kathy make an appearance at the Christmas parade has made her more irritable, so Harry and Kathy make a deal that she'd act nice for Celeste in exchange for being pulled out of said parade. The deal leads to an unexpected friendship between Kathy and Celeste. After running away to be with Celeste, Harry is suspected of kidnapping.
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!!Provides examples of:
* BecomingTheMask: Originally, her being nice to Celeste was all an act but the more they hung out together, the more she began to genuinely like being with her because Celeste treated her like a kid, not a star.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Kathy becomes a much happier child in the end as Harry finally understood her, found a friend in Celeste, and even more friends in the form of Harry and Helen's children.]]
* EnfantTerrible: At first, the movie and the adults working around her paints Kathy as this, especially when she stabs a poster with scissors. This is later {{subverted}} when she reveals to the few adults who tried to understand her that she's just a girl who felt alone.
* FriendlessBackground: Being schooled by a private tutor in the studio, Kathy doesn't get to hang around kids her age. Hence, she never got to have friends.
* GirlishPigtails: Kathy, carried over from [=McCormack=]'s portrayal of [[Film/TheBadSeed Rhoda]], jarringly enough. [[spoiler: This makes the {{important haircut}} she received later that much more special]].
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Kathy confides to Harry's wife Helen that Celeste is the only friend she had and the only person who she felt had loved her. She assures Kathy that there must be others, but she doesn't believe it or know it.
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Harry's boys cut off Kathy's pigtails, but they did so with her consent as she states she doesn't like the pigtails anymore. By the end of the film, she sports a short bob and has become much nicer than when she first appeared.]]
* IntergenerationalFrienship: Kathy and Celeste, much to Harry's surprise.
* MythologyGag: A BIG one towards ''Film/TheBadSeed'' which starred the same actress. The fact that they look very similar from the pigtails to the dresses they wore is the entire point and the movie lulls you at first into thinking that she's just as nasty as the girl from the first movie. And then the movie portrays her a bit more sympathetically during the second half and most importantly, [[spoiler: she gets her pigtails chopped off]] as if to drive home to the audience that Patty [=McCormack=] [[PlayingAgainstType is NOT Rhoda Pembroke]].
* OffstageVillainy: Due to lack of focus, it's not known to what extent did Kathy's aunt pressure or force her niece into projects that Kathy really doesn't want to do. It's because of her overbearing presence that Kathy ran away to be with Celeste when her aunt had forced her to be in the Christmas parade after Harry promised that she'll get her out of it. [[spoiler: By the end, it's stated that she has softened somewhat as she let Kathy play with Harry's family and their children during the holidays.]]
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Kathy, which the studio doesn't want to get word out of. [[spoiler: She gets better.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Kathy's Aunt Harriet states to Celeste that her parents died of an automobile accident. She is currently raised by her aunt.
* SpoiledBrat: Kathy acts like this most of the time, especially in the studio. It's later revealed, however, that she acts like this because she doesn't get to have any fun because of her job.
* StepfordSmiler: What little is seen of Kathy during the televised Christmas parade as she forces to wave and smile for the crowd and cameras. Understandable because her aunt just forced her to be in it even though Harry had gotten her out of it when they made the deal.
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