An object lesson for . . . the college-educated secretary with ambitions to be an editor, played by Hope Lange.

Kevin McCarthy and Hope Lange, for example, have almost no dialogue, but they look perfect as Ms. Capshaw's parents.

The cover photograph shows a 15-year-old Hope Lange wearing a Lipstick Red hat.

November 28 - Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)

The screenplay was written by David Lange (Hope Lange's brother) and Robert Jiras.

She has never met the parents (Hope Lange and Robert Ridgley).

Also, a short feature story was published in February 1951 about Hope Lange's culinary skills.

November 28 - Hope Lange, actress (died 2003)

She would have been Hope Lange.

Celebrations were held in 1998 in some of the Maine towns in which the town was shot on the film's 40th anniversary, attended by Hope Lange.