The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

A high school girl falls for a playboy artist with screwball results.

Director:

Irving Reis

Writers:

Sidney Sheldon (story), Sidney Sheldon (screenplay)

Stars:

Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple

Won 1 Oscar.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cary Grant	...	Dick
Myrna Loy	...	Margaret
Shirley Temple	...	Susan
Rudy Vallee	...	Tommy
Ray Collins	...	Beemish
Harry Davenport	...	Thaddeus
Johnny Sands	...	Jerry
Don Beddoe	...	Joey
Lillian Randolph	...	Bessie
Veda Ann Borg	...	Agnes Prescott
Dan Tobin	...	Walters
Ransom M. Sherman	...	Judge Treadwell (as Ransom Sherman)
William Bakewell	...	Winters
Irving Bacon	...	Melvin
Ian Bernard	...	Perry

Storyline

Teenaged Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates. He counters Susan's comic false sophistication by even more comic put-on teenage mannerisms, with a slapstick climax.

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Plot Keywords:

artist | jail | judge | playboy | crush | 

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Taglines:

Rollicking Romantics!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

1 September 1947 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az agglegény és a tinédzser

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills High School - 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures, Vanguard Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Myrna Loy was almost twenty-three years older than her on-screen sister Shirley Temple .

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Goofs

When the main characters arrive at the picnic in a jalopy, the windshield is folded down but when they get out, it's back up.

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Quotes

Richard Nugent: Hi! Mellow greetings, yookie dookie!

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Connections

Featured in The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Happy Birthday to You"
(uncredited)
Written by Patty S. Hill and Mildred J. Hill

User Reviews

Has Some Charm To It

The slang of teenagers back in this era make this a "cute" movie that is humorous. It isn't just the teens that are fun to here: Cary Grant delivers a lot of funny lines himself. The screenplay to this movie won an Academy Award so you know the dialog is pretty good.

The story is a lightweight and goofy one but would appeal to many people. It's a little slow at first but once Shirley Temple (now in late teens) begins to get a crush on Grant, it picks up. However, be warned that especially with comedies the humor often appears dated decades later, and this surely does, too.

It's not what I'd call "hilarious," but it's a pleasant film and one of the few good ones featuring Temple as a young lady. Almost all of her memorable films were when she was a youngster in the 1930s. This gets passable grades, however.