Lost Angel - DVD

DVD-5 A little girl named Alpha (Margaret OBrien) looks like a typical six-year-old. But to the professors at Pickering Institute of Child Psychology shes an experiment: an orphan raised in isolation to be a genius. After breezy New York newsman Mike Regan (James Craig) interviews the prodigy and gets her thinking about life beyond ivy-clad walls Alpha flees her lonely institutional home for adventure. The enterprising tot tracks Mike to a boxing match and soon gets involved with his job (covering a prison break) his love life (with a pretty nightclub nightingale) and maybe is future if the irresponsible Mike ever realizes that what this lost angel needs is a great new dad. A year after her breakthrough role in Journey for Margaret OBrien acts with the authority of a pint-sized Garbo (John Douglas Eames The MGM Story) in a sweet savvy comedy all about discovering that the world is a mighty magical place. Warner Margaret OBrien James Craig Keenan Wynn Marsha Hunt Philip Merivale Henry ONeill Roy Rowland