Queen for a Day (film)
1951 film by Arthur Lubin
Queen for a Day is a 1951 American anthology comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin, written by Seton I. Miller and starring Jack Bailey, Jim Morgan, Fort Pearson, Melanie York, Cynthia Corley, Kay Wiley and Helen Mowery. The film is related to the quiz show Queen for a Day, which aired on radio beginning in 1945 and was hosted on television by Bailey from 1956–1964. The film was released on July 7, 1951 by United Artists.
Plot
Radio quiz-show producer Jim Morgan reads letters to host Jack Bailey from listeners telling of the impact of their appearance as contestants on Queen for a Day on their lives. Three stories are presented.
In "The Gossamer World", Marjorie Watkins thanks the show for sending a toy engine to her six-year-old son Pete, who has a wild imagination. Marjorie tells her husband Dan that she is worried that Pete has no friends his own age. Pete introduces his imaginary friend named Shun, short for "distinction", to his parents and blames Shun for his own accidents. Marjorie worries that Pete will not take responsibility, so Dan chats with him about the subject. On Pete's first day of school, he befriends a boy named Jim, and Pete later admits that inventing Shun was a silly game.
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