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The Courtship of Andy Hardy

  • 19421942
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Donna Reed and Mickey Rooney in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
AdventureComedyFamily
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
592
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    • George B. Seitz
    • Agnes Christine Johnston(screenplay)
    • Aurania Rouverol(based upon the characters created by)
    • Carey Wilson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Lewis Stone
    • Mickey Rooney
    • Cecilia Parker
    • George B. Seitz
    • Agnes Christine Johnston(screenplay)
    • Aurania Rouverol(based upon the characters created by)
    • Carey Wilson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Lewis Stone
    • Mickey Rooney
    • Cecilia Parker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Donna Reed, Mickey Rooney, George P. Breakston, Steve Cornell, Todd Karns, William Lundigan, and Charles Peck in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
    Donna Reed and Mickey Rooney in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
    William Lundigan and Cecilia Parker in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
    Donna Reed, Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, and Lewis Stone in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
    Mickey Rooney, Sara Haden, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, and Lewis Stone in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
    Donna Reed, Mickey Rooney, and Todd Karns in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
    Donna Reed, Mickey Rooney, and Ann Rutherford in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
    Donna Reed and Mickey Rooney in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)

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    Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone
    • Judge Hardy
    Mickey Rooney
    Mickey Rooney
    • Andy Hardy
    Cecilia Parker
    Cecilia Parker
    • Marian Hardy
    Fay Holden
    Fay Holden
    • Mrs. Hardy
    Ann Rutherford
    Ann Rutherford
    • Polly Benedict
    Sara Haden
    Sara Haden
    • Aunt Milly
    Donna Reed
    Donna Reed
    • Melodie Nesbit
    William Lundigan
    William Lundigan
    • Jeff Willis
    Steve Cornell
    • Stewart Dwight
    Frieda Inescort
    Frieda Inescort
    • Olivia Nesbit
    Harvey Stephens
    Harvey Stephens
    • Roderick O. Nesbit
    Betty Wells
    Betty Wells
    • Susie
    Joseph Crehan
    Joseph Crehan
    • Peter Dugan
    George P. Breakston
    George P. Breakston
    • 'Beezy'
    • (as George Breakston)
    Todd Karns
    Todd Karns
    • Harry Land
    Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    • Bailiff
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Bedford
    Barbara Bedford
    • Elsa, Nesbit's Maid
    • (uncredited)
    John Butler
    John Butler
    • Joe, the Postman
    • (uncredited)
      • George B. Seitz
      • Agnes Christine Johnston(screenplay)
      • Aurania Rouverol(based upon the characters created by)
      • Carey Wilson(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Mickey Rooney married Ava Gardner while filming "The Courtship of Andy Hardy" (January 1942).
    • Quotes

      Jeff Willis: I beg your pardon.

      Marian Hardy: I beg yours.

      Jeff Willis: Oh, no, please, let me beg yours.

    • Connections
      Featured in Personalities (1942)

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    7/10
    Judge Hardy's Family Values
    THE COURTSHIP OF ANDY HARDY (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942), directed by George B. Seitz, marks the 12th installment to the popular "Judge Hardy's Family/Andy Hardy" series featuring series regulars of Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Sara Haden and Ann Rutherford. With the series success being more on star quality and family values, and sometimes an introduction to the screen of future major stars as Kathryn Grayson as ANDY HARDY'S PRIVATE SECRETARY (1941) or Esther Williams in ANDY HARDY'S DOUBLE LIFE (1942), THE COURTSHIP OF ANDY HARDY is a stepping ground for Donna Reed. Though not her introduction to the screen, having few prior movies roles since 1941, it would be her showcase for her as a troubled teenager caught in the middle of her parent's divorce custody.

    Resuming its standard location to the small town of Carvel, the story opens traditionally in Judge Hardy's courtroom where the judge (Lewis Stone) is handling a maritial separation case for Roderick O. (Harvey Stephens) and Olivia Nesbit (Frieda Inescort), whose young daughter, Melodie (Donna Reed), known to high school students as a "droop," wants nothing to do with them, even confessing to the judge that even she hates her father, leading to the judge to look deeper into the case. Next plot development shifts to Hardy's son, Andrew (Mickey Rooney), a high school graduate now working at Pete Dugan's (Joseph Crehan) garage, using his jalopy to help a stranded visiting businessman, Stewart Willis (Steve Cornell), to toll his car to the garage for service, only to unwittingly lose his customer who later accuses him of stealing his auto, and file charges. This only after Andy gets a ticket from a policeman for driving his car without license plates. In the meantime, the family gets together at the train station welcoming home their eldest daughter, Marian (Cecilia Parker) following her trip to New York City, only to find her personality changed to big city girl with culture snubbing Carvel. She encounters Jefferson Willis (William Lundigan), a man-about-town, at the station, unaware of his serious boozing habits. While Aunt Milly (Sara Haden) has no problems to speak of, it's her sister, Emily (Fay Holden) who becomes involved in a mail-order swindle of $61.60 which she must pay or the collection agency will assume charges against her. As a favor for his father, Andy gets talked into taking the lonely and embittered Melodie out for a good time. While she actually knows of his intentions, Melodie becomes his date anyway at the high school alumni dance where Harry Land (Todd Karns) become interested in her, and being the only one among Andy's friends not to get paid for dancing with her. Further problems arise when Melodie overhears something to want to leave Carvel and parents altogether. Others in the cast include Erville Alderson (The Bailiff); Georgie Breakston ("Beezy" Anderson), Betty Wells (Susie), Floyd Schackelford (Joe) and Junior Coughlan ("Red"). Interestingly, series regular, Ann Rutherford as Polly Benedict, Andy's girlfriend, would only get a few minutes into the story while the sentence for drunk-driving Lundigan's character would actually get settled by the judge into the next installment, ANDY HARDY'S DOUBLE LIFE (1942).

    Unlike the previous and very melodramatic effort of LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY HARDY (1941), THE COURTSHIP OF ANDY HARDY resumes to formula material with some humor with enough individual plot situations for one movie for its 95 minutes. Aside from a 15 minute segment involving individual family members of Marion, Aunt Milly, Andy and Mrs. Hardy getting to converse their problems with the wise old judge in his den, and the judge getting adjusted to the more modern slang terms, Donna Reed gets her moment assuming the role of two basic characters, that of a homely quiet and unpopular girl who spends time alone listening to opera , to an attractive down-to-earth girl with dynamic personality. Reed and Mickey Rooney would share another movie together, THE HUMAN COMEDY (1943), though their scenes in that classic, and Rooney's best film, are limited.

    Never distributed to home video, THE COURTSHIP OF ANDY HARDY often plays on cable television's Turner Classic Movies and available on DVD as part of the Andy Hardy collection for fans of the series. (**1/2)
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      • March 1942 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • Black and White

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