
05 Feb 1956

Girl's Reform School
The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.
A teen, who is always in trouble in school and has been sent to reform school, turns her life around when a counselor discovers she is dyslexic.
Mary Groda-Lewis
Fannie Groda
David Lewis
Rachel Martin
Christine Groda
Jill
Dr. Sitton
Beatrice Symes
Dr. Miller
Jeanine
Delia
Christopher
Barbara
Bernard Fuller
Eugenia
Iris
Dr. Powers
Mr. Yates
Gerald Crowhurst
Jan
05 Feb 1956
The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.
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