Wanda NevadaBrooke's role has similarities with that in Pretty Baby. Now an early teen, her acting is a little better, and in fact better than the standards of this remarkably yet unintentionally silly movie.
Brooke strongly connects this movie and Pretty Baby. Both open with a frontal shot
of Brooke's face. In this case her character, a 13-year-old orphan named
Wanda Nevada, is putting on makeup in front of a mirror, complete with
rather grown-up lipstick. Uppity and adventurous, she goes to the
off-limits back room where a game of poker is in taking place, hoping to
get some attention from one of the players whom she calls her lover.
However the love seems short-lived as he bets her against 50 dollars in the
game, and loses. The winner, whose intentions for her are obvious from the
way he watched Wanda and practically licked his lips while considering the
offer, takes her prospecting with him.
The majority film is an odd mixture of a western, drama, and, in opinion of
many, comedy. The comedy part could be unintentional, as this movie is
truly poor in all respects. Perhaps it's the exceptional failure at
credibility that makes the movie somewhat memorable. Brooke's acting is a
little better than in Pretty Baby, she has energy and the looks, and her
role as an early teen trying to pass as a much more mature woman has some
charm.
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