The andy hardy series

Andy goes crazy for big city life and one very popular debutante. Love finds andy hardy was previously released as part of a judy. Kildare movies, served a similar function to the sitcoms and procedural dramas of today. Movies tagged as andy hardy by the listal community sort by. Special list judge hardy familyandy hardy film series 19371958 menu. The rerelease of the films on dvd should bring a renewed interest in the films, which are far better than you expect. Andy hardys double life is a 1942 comedy film directed by george b. This collection of ten films from the greatly popular series of andy hardy movies includes a family affair, judge hardy s children, love finds andy hardy, the hardys ride high, andy hardy gets spring fever, the courtship of andy hardy, andy hardy s double life, andy hardy s blonde trouble, love laughs at andy hardy, and andy hardy comes home.

Love finds andy hardy was previously released as part of a judy garland box set and love laughs at andy hardy is available through public domain. Another of the andy hardy series, this one has mickey rooney falling in love with a beautiful debutante who is visiting new york. Mgms 1937 adaptation of aurania rouverols play skidding, a family affair, proved such a stunning success that production commenced on a seriesinspired by it almost immediately. There are 16 andy hardy films 15 in the original series and a followup film made in the 50s. He was nominated for the academy award for best actor in 1929 for the patriot. The quintessential hardy film, the one that most people remember as the best example of the series, is the one with judys first appearance love finds andy hardy 1938. A series of 16 films made by mgm, about the homespun adventures of a midwestern family. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Mayer had a bona fide phenomenon on his hands and he ran with it, eventually churning out 14 more hardy epics before the series proper was cancelled in 1946 with love laughs at andy hardy 1958s andy hardy comes home was a belated, unsuccessful entry by producer rooney to. The series of hardy films was launched in 1937 with youre only young once with the cast of lewis stone judge hardy, mickey rooney. All of the elements are there, andys dilemma with girls, the man to man talks with dad, and the happy resolve of all the dramatics at the end of the film, and lessons learned.

Andrew andy hardy is a fictional character played by mickey rooney in a metrogoldwynmayer series of sixteen films from 1937 to 1946, and includes a final film released in 1958 in an unsuccessful attempt to continue the series. Special list judge hardy family andy hardy film series 19371958 1. Her first film in this series was youre only young once 1937 and the last was andy hardys double life 1942. Mgms 1937 adaptation of aurania rouverols play skidding, a family affair, proved such a stunning success that production commenced on a series inspired by it almost immediately.

Ann rutherford, a wholesome supporting actress in hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, notably as scarlett oharas youngest sister in gone with the wind and as mickey rooneys. Special list judge hardy familyandy hardy film series. Judy played betsy booth, the visiting girlnextdoor whom andy hardy mickey rooney barely notices until the end of the films, excepting her last series. Andy hardys blonde trouble 1944 in college, andys baffled by a hotcold blonde until he discovers she is actually them, a set of identical twins. Andy hardy meets the debutante 1940 judy garland im nobodys baby duration. It is the 16th and final film in the andy hardy series, with mickey rooney reprising his signature role. Selznik if she could wear it in gone with the wind, and he said that it looked like it could be from that period, so yes she. Unfortunately, this results in andy not properly studying for an allimportant english exam. Andy hardys private secretary 1941 in the tenth of the 16film andy hardy series, andy hardys private secretary 1941, andy mickey rooney is so consumed with organizing his schools commencement exercises that he hires a personal secretary kathryn grayson to help with all the details. How many andy hardy movies were made between 1937 and. The first film of the series, a family affair, hit theaters in 1937 and was intended to be a one off bpicture based on the play skidding by aurania rouverol.

On vacation with his family on californias catalina island, andy hardy falls head over swim fins for a sophisticated young beauty. Ann was a bridesmaid in the wedding of a friend in san francisco, and received this locket as a present. Love finds andy hardy is a 1938 american romantic comedy film that tells the story of a teenage boy who becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time. Andrew andy hardy was played by mickey rooney in a 16 movie series from 1937 to 1958. Lewis shepard stone november 15, 1879 september 12, 1953 was an american movie actor best known for his role as judge james hardy in the metrogoldwynmayer s andy hardy film series. Juvenile mgm star mickey rooney 1920 played andy hardy in the sixteen featurelength films that compose the series. The hardy series painted an idyllic picture of smalltown american family life that was already dated by. This was judy garlands second appearance in the longrunning.

With andy hardy comes home, mickey rooney hoped to revive the character and the movie series that had brought him fame and fortune back in the 1930s and 1940s. It takes a few personal disillusionments and public embarrassment for andy to realize that his true hearts desire is back in his own back yard judy garland could have told him as much. It stars mickey rooney, lewis stone, fay holden, cecilia parker, judy garland, lana turner, ann. Andy hardy, from his bumbling beginnings in a family affair through his girlcrazed comingofage to his bittersweet return to his beloved hometown of carvel as a grown man in this concluding volume of the complete series collection starring mickey rooney. Jun 12, 2012 ann rutherford, a wholesome supporting actress in hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, notably as scarlett oharas youngest sister in gone with the wind and as mickey rooneys. These included lana turner, kathryn grayson, donna reed, esther williams, bonita granville, and, of course, judy garland.

The sentimental comedies were a slice of americana, a picture of an idealized way we lived at the end of the depression and the end of the war. However, he finds the highsociety life too expensive and eventually decides that he liked it better back home. Andy hardy moviesfrom the late 1930s to the middle 1940s, the fictional character of andy hardy was the most popular teenager in american motion pictures. Pretelevision, series like the hardy pictures, or the dr. The andy hardy series featured many women who would go on to number among hollywoods most prominent leading ladies. It feels like mgm stopped caring about the quality of the script and just about the hardy name. Tag popularity top rated top rated popular want to watch release date recently wanted date added 1. Asked in movies what movie series has the most movies. Judge hardy takes his family to new york city, where andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. The highschool age andy hardy is played by mickey rooney the 1930s teenager of centerville, usa. Each time they would lose money on a movie they just produced a new andy hardy for a low budget and would loads of cash.

Andy, an energetic and wholesomeliving teenager, first appeared in a 1928 stage play, skidding, by aurania rouverol c. Mar 02, 2008 character study mickey rooney as andy hardy and judy garland as betsy. Love laughs at andy hardy was the final in the original series in 1946 and then a dozen years later when mgm had fallen on hard times and was desperately trying to recreate some of its former glory came the 16th and last hardy family film andy hardy goes home which found mickey rooney returning to carvel with all the original family members gathering sans lewis stone who had passed away in 1952. In each film, the family would find themselves embroiled in some minor trouble, only to be saved by the judges good advice. In this chaotic situation comedy, the hardy family, andy hardy graduates from high school and becomes and business man. Jun, 2012 ann rutherford, an actress who became famous in the late 1930s as mickey rooneys sweetheart in the hugely successful andy hardy series and earned a role in one of the biggest movies in. Judge hardy warns his son that she is too fast for him. Andy hardy, the original teen supreme, comes careening to your screen in the first of a series of collections. Andy hardy comes home is a 1958 comedy film directed by howard w.

Wilderness and starred with mickey rooney as andy hardy with lionel barrymore and the fabulous spring byington as judge and mrs. Hardy and others were based on characters in the play skidding by aurania rouverol. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. The andy hardy series of movies ran from 1937 to 1948 and. Follow the misadventures of americas original teenage sensation, andy hardy, from his humble beginnings in a family affair through his girlcrazed college comingofage to his bittersweet return to his beloved hometown of carvel as a grown man in this concluding volume of the complete series collection starring mickey rooney. Ann rutherford, actress in gone with the wind and andy. Rutherfords performances as andy hardys sweet and patient girlfriend established her screen popularity. This is the fourth of the series, the first with andy hardy in the title focussing more on the life of mickey rooneys character. The film is also known under its american promotional title uncle andy hardy this was the 15th, nexttolast andy hardy film produced. This is a cheap cash in on the usually outstanding hardy series and cheapens their memory. From 1937 until 1942, rutherford portrayed polly benedict in the mgm andy hardy youth comedy film series with actor mickey rooney. Ann wore the same heart shaped locket in gone with the wind that she wore in the andy hardy series.

First line of dialogue or text ill let you try my water mask, andy. This collection of ten films from the greatly popular series of andy hardy movies includes a family affair, judge hardys children, love finds andy hardy, the hardys ride high, andy hardy gets spring fever, the courtship of andy hardy, andy hardys double life, andy hardys blonde trouble, love laughs at andy hardy, and andy hardy comes home. Ann rutherford, an actress who became famous in the late 1930s as mickey rooneys sweetheart in the hugely successful andy hardy series and. Lewis stone, mickey rooney, cecilia parker, fay holden. The andy hardy movies were an extremely popular film series in the 1930s and 1940s, but their appeal has faded in recent years. The hardy family radio series featured his movie costars, fay holden and lewis stone in the comical radio misadventures.

Andy grows up to into a lawyer who marries a girl name jane that he met at work. Love laughs at andy hardy 1946 the last of the regular andy hardy series, and mickey rooneys first role after returning from service in world war ii. Filmed in 17 days, a family affair reunited the cast of the popular family comedy ah. Wizard of oz historian john fricke introduces the film, providing some backstory to the series. Early films in the series were about the hardy family as a whole, but later entries focused on the character of andy hardy. Andy hardy meets debutante was the ninth in mgms hardy family series.

The andy hardy series comprised sixteen motion pictures, made by metrogoldwynmayer studios from 1937 through 1947 with one reunion film made in 1958. It was the thirteenth installment of mgms enormously popular andy hardy film series starring mickey rooney as the title character. Its very solemn, ending in a somewhat cliffhanger, and picking right up the next movie where it left off. Theres something to be said about the small town nostalgia offered up in the andy hardy films produced by mgm between 1937 and 1958. Hardy and the rest of the hardy family were based on characters in. It was made 12 years after the previous hardy film, and was an attempt to revive what had once been an enormously popular series. Follow the misadventures of americas original teenage sensation. Judge hardy takes the family on a vacation to catalina, where daughter marian takes up with a married man and young andy meets a 16 yearold girl who smokes, drinks, and fools around. The movie series around andy hardy were a cash cow for mgm in the late 1930s and 1940s. The hardys ride high 1939 andy hardy gets spring fever 1939 judge hardy and son 1939 andy hardy meets debutante 1940 the hardys ride high, sixth of the famous series dealing with the popular screen family, opens at the america theatre sunday. The final installment, andy hardy comes home, would be made 12 years later 1958 in a failed attempt to revive the franchise. Life begins for andy hardy 1941 after four years and ten previous pictures, mgms hugely popular andy hardy series took a turn away from its usual heartwarming humor of smalltown life to a darker, more melancholy story set in the big city in life begins for andy hardy 1941. Its scary going out on your own, and in some ways, this doesnt really feel like an andy hardy movie at all.

Introduction by john fricke with ann rutherford, leo is on the air radio promo, theatrical trailer, hardy family chrismas promotional trailer warner added several extras for arguably the most popular of the andy hardy movies. Wwii interrupted the series a bit, and its sobering to know that mickey joined the army and fought for his country after this movie. Mickey rooney certainly gives the script his best effort, but not even he can save it. Judy garland makes an appearance as betsy booth, the grandaughter of their carvel neighbor and the daughter of a prominent broadway actress. How many andy hardy movies were made between 1937 and 1958. Special list judge hardy familyandy hardy film series 1937.