joyce reynolds seem a might grow up for the role of janie and a boy crazy sixteen year old in small town america who ditch her steady guy for a visiting soldier and wind up on the cover of life magazine ( smooch at a blanket party ) all in the same week . non stop barrage of wisecrack and put down and bull talk and and unfunny bit of business such a janie little sister bribe family member and hattie mcdaniel ( a the maid ) constantly scuttle after sassy kid si and janie mother involve with the red cross and and janie father try to write an editorial on the problem with today teenager ( a the parent and stuffy and sexless edward arnold and pert and chatty ann harding make an unlikely couple and even for 1944 while he look incapable of help to conceive a child much less raise two of them ) . nominate for an academy award ( . ) for owen mark edit and warner bros. follow this in 1946 with janie get married . reynolds must have outgrown her co horts by then she be replace by joan leslie . half from .