A reporter (James Craig) and a gangster (Keenan Wynn) take in hand a girl (Margaret O'Brien) scientifically raised to be a genius, and teach her human values. Marsha Hunt, Philip Merivale. Prof. Pringle: Henry O'Neill. Woodring: Alan Napier. Directed by Roy Rowland.
O'Brien is picked by a group of scientists to be made into a child prodigy. Police reporter Craig steps in and shows little Margaret the joys of being a normal child. The script was tailored to build O'Brien's stardom by order of the boss, Louis B. Mayer, and that it did.