this frothy romantic comedy be base on the kind of story i love a a teenager and but now find rather distasteful . in the case of may september attachment and doubtless what be on the mind of the elder party be either lust and or an inability to face the reality of age and or both . and the young be most likely look for the kind parent that she ( or he ) lack a a child . these underlie agenda seem more pathetic than romantic to me now while there be also something rather predatory about them . dick powell look a bit embarrassed as well he should at play the elder lover in this silly story . he be and at fifty and attempt the role of a thirty eight year old man romance a teen ager . but young debbie reynolds be a knockout pretty and saucy and full of vinegar a a misbehaving seventeen year old present a a kind of gift to the morally upright and honest screenwriter and a a subject for him to study . her spirited performance wrung from me a well rating than this film would otherwise deserve . anne francis be cast a powell beautiful and but brittle fiancée and and handle her small role deftly . some of the dialogue be quite amusing and too and so it not a total washout . 5/10 .