Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.
Acting
Mickey Rooney's relentless chaotic teen energy
Production
Glossy MGM small-town fantasyland aesthetic
Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Lewis Stone
Judge Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
Cecilia Parker
Marian Hardy
Fay Holden
Emily Hardy
Ann Rutherford
Polly Benedict
Sara Haden
Milly Forrest
Helen Gilbert
Rose Meredith
Terry Kilburn
Stickin Plaster
John T. Murray
Don Davis
George P. Breakston
Beezy
Sidney Miller
Sidney
Addison Richards
Mr. Benedict
Olaf Hytten
Mr. Higgenbotham
Erville Alderson
Bailiff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the seventh of sixteen Andy Hardy films MGM squeezed out between 1937-1958. Rooney was already 19 playing 15.
The Hardy family's idyllic Carvel was MGM's answer to Depression-era escapism—so aggressively wholesome it becomes almost surreal.
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