The character seems to be of a girl about 16-18, but I thought she looked a lot older for the clothes and behaviour, and when I checked it said Doris Day was about 30 when the film was made.
Didn't anybody else find that strange, or did women in their 30s act like that in those days?
I would say Marjorie was supposed to be about 17 years old - I don't think in 1916, a girl of 17 would be playing baseball with the neighbourhood kids like at the start of the film though, that sort of behaviour seemed a little juvenile for Doris' character.
shareNot only that but Rosemary De Camp who plays the mother, is only twelve years older than Doris Day. Correct casting is always difficult if not impossible to achieve. Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard were obviously beyond their teenage years when they starred in "Romeo and Juliet". Lots of factors are taken into consideration when casting for movies, box office, acting talent, contracts, etc., etc., Appropriate age for the characters may be one of the lesser factors.
shareDay was twenty-eight when the movie was filmed, between January and March of 1951. Her character was probably supposed to be at least seventeen, probably eighteen. There is no mention of her being in school, so she has passed graduation before the story begins.
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