Youth Run Wild Double Feature – Unwed Mother/Too Soon to Love

UNWED MOTHER: Betty (Norma Moore) moves from a farming community to Los Angeles.  She falls into the clutches of a super-cad (Robert Vaughn) and ends up abandoned and pregnant.  After visiting a drunken abortionist, she decides to give the baby up for adoption…but has a change of heart.  The climax is a classic of melodrama from a master of melodrama, Walter Doniger, director of TV’s “Peyton Place.” 1958 | 74 min* | B&W | 1.85:1/widescreen | NR

TO SOON TO LOVE: Two teenage lovers from dysfunctional families go “all the way.”  She becomes in the family way, flees from a wicked abortionist and later attempts suicide. He steals money to retain a “real” doctor! This classic teenage melodrama was the directorial debut of Richard Rush (“The Stuntman”). 1960 | 85 min* | B&W |1.37:1 | NR

SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary by Assistant Director, Robert Justman (later of Star Trek fame); Original Theatrical Trailers, Bios, Photo Gallery

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