''Diary of a High School Bride'' is a 1959 film directed by
Burt Topper
Burt Topper (July 31, 1928 – April 3, 2007) was an American film director and screenwriter best known for cult films aimed at teenagers.
Biography
Born in Coney Island, New York City, Topper moved to Los Angeles at the age of 8, and served i ...
about a 17-year-old high school student who gets married.
American International Pictures
American International Pictures (AIP) is an American motion picture production label of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing fi ...
released the film as a
double feature
The double feature is a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatres would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown.
Opera use
Opera ho ...
with ''
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow
''Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow'' is a 1959 AIP horror/comedy film. It was a sequel to their film ''Hot Rod Gang''. American International Pictures released the film in July 1959 as a double feature with ''Diary of a High School Bride''.
The film spoo ...
''.
Plot
A 17-year-old high-school senior must justify her wedding to a 24-year-old law student to both her parents and her unbalanced ex-boyfriend.
Production
The lead actor,
Anita Sands, had never acted before. The film was shot over seven days.
Leftover sets for the film were used by
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...
to shoot ''
A Bucket of Blood
''A Bucket of Blood'' is a 1959 American comedy horror film directed by Roger Corman. It starred Dick Miller and was set in West Coast beatnik culture of the late 1950s. The film, produced on a $50,000 budget, was shot in five days and shares ...
'' (1959).
[Mark McGee, ''Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures'', McFarland, 1996 p145]
Reception
Contemporary reviews were poor.
See also
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List of American films of 1959
The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959. The film '' Ben-Hur'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture, among winning a record-setting eleven Oscars.
A–B
C–D ...
References
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1959 films
American black-and-white films
American International Pictures films
1959 drama films
American drama films
Films directed by Burt Topper
Films produced by Burt Topper
Films scored by Ronald Stein
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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