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Overview

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Director:
George B. Seitz
Writers:
Aurania Rouverol (characters)
Kay Van Riper (writer)
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Release Date:
10 December 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
She thought she knew all about love and life...and then her romantic world tumbled about her! Laughs, thrills, heart-throbs...in a drama as warm and moving as "Ah Wilderness!" more
User Comments:
Andy Hardy was the apple of Leo's eye! more

Cast

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Lewis Stone ... Judge James K. Hardy
Cecilia Parker ... Marian Hardy

Mickey Rooney ... Andrew 'Andy' Hardy
Fay Holden ... Mrs. Emily Hardy
Frank Craven ... Frank Redmond (Carvel newspaper owner)
Ann Rutherford ... Polly Benedict
Eleanor Lynn ... Geraldine 'Jerry' Lane
Ted Pearson ... Bill Rand (lifeguard)
Sara Haden ... Aunt Milly Forrest
Charles Judels ... Capt. Swenson of the Shorty II
Selmer Jackson ... Hoyt Wells (land speculator)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
78 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #3909)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The second of sixteen Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney. The first film that Lewis Stone played Judge Hardy. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Judge Hardy's Children (1938) more
Soundtrack:
Avalon more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Andy Hardy was the apple of Leo's eye!, 5 April 2003
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Author: John (opsbooks) from Blue Mountains, Australia

I read somewhere that the Andy Hardy movies were the apple of Leo B Mayer's eye. He tested out a number of up and coming starlets in them which is clear from checking the credits of the later movies. This is a 'pilot' of sorts to test out the formula but it's clear immediately that Mickey Rooney was born to play the irrepressible Andy - and Lewis Stone, Judge Hardy. These two have a rapport which would hold the series together throughout - and this became the case offscreen as well, with the two forming a friendship which lasted until Lewis Stone's death. The storyline is totally forgettable but that doesn't matter. What does matter is the Hardy Family; the way they go through life trying to do the right thing.

The one dated aspect of the movie, which may grate on female viewers, is the second-class treatment of the woman-as-housewife. It would take the injection of the one and only Judy Garland to liven things up in the later movies. Even Ann Rutherford had trouble standing up for herself!

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