Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948)

Directed by
F. Hugh Herbert

Writing credits
George Agnew Chamberlain (novel)
F. Hugh Herbert

Cast
June Haver ... Rad McGill
Lon McCallister ... Snug Dominy
Walter Brennan ... Tony Maule
Anne Revere ... Judith Dominy
Natalie Wood ... Bean McGill
Robert Karnes ... Stretch Dominy
Henry Hull ... Milt Dominy
Tom Tully ... Roarer McGill
Marilyn Monroe ... Girl in Canoe (lake scenes)/Girl Exiting Church (uncredited)

Plot
Light-hearted, old-style romance about a farm-hand who arranges to buy a pair of mules from his employer. No one is able to handle the mules and he must train them. Adding to his dilemma, he pursues his boss's daughter who gets her kicks out of keeping him guessing about her true feelings. Of course, at the end he tames both the mules and the girl.

Trivia
This is generally considered to be the "screen debut" of Marilyn Monroe, although most of her footage was cut. She is visible just for a fleeting second or less as she descends the church steps and says, "Hi Rad," to June Haver's character as everyone is coming out of church on Sunday morning.