Dear Brat (1951)

Mirian Wilkins the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and without the approval or knowledge of her father elects him to the position of honorary president When the familys new gardener Baxter turns out to be a notorious exconvict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society