| Tammy Tell Me True | |
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| Directed by | Harry Keller |
| Written by | Oscar Brodney |
| Based on | Tammy Tell Me True byCid Ricketts Sumner |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter |
| Starring | Sandra Dee John Gavin Beulah Bondi Charles Drake Virginia Grey Julia Meade |
| Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
| Edited by | Otto Ludwig |
| Music by | Percy Faith |
Production | Ross Hunter Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.5 million[1] |
Tammy Tell Me True is a 1961 American Eastmancolor comedy film directed by Harry Keller and starring Sandra Dee and John Gavin, Beulah Bondi, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey and Julia Meade.
The film, the second in the series, was based on Cid Ricketts Sumner's 1959 novel of the same name, which the New York Times had described as "a cheerful change of pace from current novels of conflict and depression".[2]
Tammy is waiting to hear from her lover Pete, who has gone to agricultural college. She decides to go to college to improve herself. Tammy becomes a paid companion for a crusty old lady and falls for a handsome man.
Sandra Dee was announced for the lead role in September 1960.[3]
The Welsh singer Dorothy Squires wrote the words and music to the title song "Tammy Tell Me True".
The Chicago Tribune called it "calculated cuteness... relieved by a likeable performance from Sandra Dee."[4] The Washington Post called it "infinitely inferior to the first Tammy, everything about the film is false, especially the aggressive Sandra Dee, whose primpsy whimsy wardrobe cannot disguise the acquisitive gaze in her give-away eyes."[5]
In a 1974 interview, Gavin criticised the film but said it "haunts the tube like a permanent miasma. You can't do worse than that."[6]
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The Tammy series
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Films of Harry Keller
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