The cast included ethel waters julie harris and debuted brandon dewilde a seven year old second grader at the time waters harris and dewilde reprised their stage roles with arthur franz nancy gates and dickie moore joining the cast for the 1952 film version the member of the wedding. The member of the wedding tv g 1h 33min drama 1954 west germany a young tomboy named frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brothers wedding. The member of the wedding is a 1952 american film noir drama film directed by fred zinnemann and starring ethel waters julie harris and brandon de wilde the story based on carson mccullers 1946 novel of the same name is set in a small town in the southern united states frankie addams is an awkward moody 12 year old tomboy whose only friends are her young cousin john henry and her black housekeeper berenice co starring as a drunken soldier who tries to take advantage of the