Editing Young and Innocent (section)

==Reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film a "Pleasing, artless vehicle" for Nova Pilbeam, who was "charming" in her role and concluded, "If the pic is not Hitchcock's best effort, it is by no means unworthy of him."<ref>{{cite journal |date=8 December 1937 |title=Young and Innocent |magazine=Variety |page=17 }}</ref> [[Frank Nugent]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it a "crisply paced, excellently performed film."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nugent |first=Frank S. |author-link=Frank Nugent |date=11 February 1938 |title=The Screen |journal=The New York Times |page=27 }}</ref> ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote, "Innumerable small touches show Hitchcock's keen and penetrating observation and his knowledge of human nature. Comedy, romance, and thrills are skilfully blended."<ref>{{cite journal |date=November 1937 |title=Young and Innocent |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=4 |issue=47 |page=242 }}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' wrote, "Good melodramatic entertainment. Because of the novelty of the story, the interesting plot developments, and the expert direction by Alfred Hitchcock, one's attention is held from the beginning to the end."<ref>{{cite journal |date=19 February 1938 |title='The Girl Was Young' with Nova Pilbeam |journal=[[Harrison's Reports]] |page=30 }}</ref> 

[[John Mosher (writer)|John Mosher]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'', however, wrote that it was "rather exasperating and disappointing to me. It begins with a smart murder, but wanders off through the English rural landscape in a fashion so lacking in that sound common sense we like in our mysteries, or like to feel is there anyhow, that one's interest fades away."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mosher |first=John |author-link=John Mosher (writer) |date=12 February 1938 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |page=72 }}</ref>

Aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports 100% approval of ''Young and Innocent'', with an average rating of 7.6/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/young_and_innocent/ |title=Young and Innocent (1938) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref>