Love finds andy hardy placed ninth in film dailys annual poll of the top films of the year. It is the ninth of the andy hardy fulllength film series. Judy made the film between april and june of 1938, just a few months after variety. The prerecording is heard on the rhino cd, judy garland. Lewis stone and ray mcdonald had the most memorable performances. Judge james hardy lewis stone sentences jimmy gene reynolds to 90 hours work for wrecking a car and then arranges a case to get his wife a cook. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Garland sings three songs in this crowdpleaser, which the national film registry added to its. Love finds andy hardy metrogoldwynmayer, 1938, directed by george b. It stars mickey rooney, judy garland, and lana turner. Love finds andy hardy is a 1938 romantic comedy film.
Andy finds himself in dutch with girlfriend polly benedict ann rutherford when he agrees to escort his best friends gal, cynthia potter lana turner. Judy garland and mickey rooney in love finds andy hardy. It is the 16th and final film in the andy hardy series, with mickey rooney reprising his signature role. Andy hardy meets debutante is a 1940 american romantic comedy film directed by george b. Young judy was on a roll, but her biggest smashes were still to come. The final installment, andy hardy comes home, would be made 12 years later 1958 in a failed attempt. One of them is judy garland, making her first of three.
See my comment under comment button below for a list of andy hardy films and descriptions. One of them is judy garland, making her first of three appearances in the series, and singing. With mickey rooney, judy garland, lewis stone, cecilia parker. Love laughs at andy hardy is a 1946 american film released by metrogoldwynmayer, directed by willis goldbeck and starring mickey rooney and lewis stone the film is also known under its american promotional title uncle andy hardy this was the 15th, nexttolast andy hardy film produced. Love finds andy hardy movie 1938 lewis stone, mickey rooney, cecilia parker. And while love finds certainly puts the focus on the mickey rooney character above all other hardys, he shares a good deal of his spotlight with judy garland, mgms up and coming 16yearold actress here playing 12yearold betsy booth. There are 16 andy hardy films 15 in the original series and a followup film made in the 50s. The movie series around andy hardy were a cash cow for mgm in the late 1930s and 1940s. It tells the story of a teenage boy who becomes mixed up romantically with three girls all at the same time. It was the last hardy film to include the character polly benedict, andys longsuffering sweetheart, as well as the last to feature ann. The third of mgms andy hardy series discounting the pilot film, a family affair stars, as ever, mickey rooney as the teenaged protagonist.
Trailer to 1938s love finds andy hardy starring mickey rooney, judy garland, lana turner and ann rutherford. The film stars lewis stone, mickey rooney, cecilia parker, fay holden and judy garland. Love finds andy hardy 1938 official trailer mickey rooney, judy garland movie hd. Of note in this film is a very young lana turner and a young judy garland, whose songs are soso in here. Check out the model a roadster that micky rooney is driving, wings on the 3 door hood, two tone paint, wheel disc, lay back windshield, center bar in windshield and dual rear view mirrors and he got judy garland in it. Andy is buying a car and finds himself juggling three girls before the coming dance. The first of three hardy films featuring judy garland as betsy booth. As examples, love finds andy hardy 1938 featured lana turner in one of her first film appearances, while andy hardys private secretary 1941 launched kathryn graysons movie career, and andy hardys double life 1942 marked the screen debut of esther williams. Thats the crux of the plot in love finds andy hardy 1938, with irrepressible mickey rooney in his fourth of 16 outings as the quintessential smalltown american teenager.
Love finds andy hardy 1938 love finds andy hardy 1938. The hardy pictures were a regular showcase for upandcoming young actresses at mgm, and in this case there was lana turner as a teenage temptress invited to the dance by andy. Judy garland, mickey rooney and lana turner star in a comic, musical. It stars mickey rooney, lewis stone, fay holden, cecilia parker, judy garland, lana turner, ann rutherford, mary howard and gene reynolds. Back in 1938, however, such problems were still a decade away, and audiences flocked to see the 17yearold rooney juggle a trio of smitten teen girls in his latest hardy film. Andys steady girlfriend does not like him twotiming. Life begins for andy hardy certainly relates well to the current economic condition and has probably aged better than most of the series. The only extra is the film s trailer, which calls this the best of the andy hardy series. Love finds andy hardy is the first hardy series entry to name andy in the title. Love finds andy hardy lewis stone mickey rooney judy garland 1938 judge hardys lewis stone son mickey rooney has doublegirl trouble, luckily solved by a third girl judy garland. Andy hardy agrees to date a friends girlfriend lana turner while his friend is away for the summer. 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. Love finds andy hardy simple english wikipedia, the free. 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 fourth in the immensely popular andy hardy film series which is often cited as the first real sitcom, before television took over this function love finds andy hardy is generally regarded as one of the best of the bunch, thanks to the presence of young mgm starlets lana turner and judy garland. It was the thirteenth installment of mgms enormously popular andy hardy film series starring mickey rooney as the title character it was the feature film debut of esther williams. In the fourth andy hardy film, young andy finds himself torn between three different girls. Bretherton e ludwig william, dirigido por george b. Earlier films in the series focused on the entire hardy family, but starting with love finds andy hardy andy became the central character chuck cunningham syndrome. Judy garland, mickey rooney, lana turner, lewis stone, fay holden directed by george b. Love finds andy hardy 1938 is the fourth film in the andy hardy movies that ran for 15 films from 1937 to 1946, with a 16th in 1958. Love finds andy hardy is a 1938 romantic comedy movie.
Andy hardys double life is a 1942 comedy film directed by george b. Having gone out of town, andys buddy wants cynthia kept out of circulation, and pays andy to make. Mickey rooney in love finds andy hardy 1938 mickey rooney, fay holden, cecilia parker, and lewis stone in love. Love finds andy hardy 1938 official trailer by kupnox kx trailer. It was made 12 years after the previous hardy film, and was an attempt to revive what had once been an enormously popular series. Media in category love finds andy hardy film the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. View company contact information for love finds andy hardy on imdbpro. Streamingvf andy film streaming vf complet streaming.
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. 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. Andy mickey rooney scheming with dugan raymond hatton to buy his first car, then thwarted by girlfriend polly ann rutherford who, it turns out, wont be around for the christmas dance, early in love finds andy hardy, 1938, featuring judy garland and lana turner. Andy has problems raising the last payment for a used car and juggling three pretty girls with an upcoming country club dance scheduled. Streamingvf film andy streaming vf complet streaming. The hardys eldest third child, a married daughter named joan, disappears without a trace after the first film early installment weirdness. Rent love finds andy hardy 1938 starring mickey rooney and judy garland on dvd and bluray. Love finds andy hardy is the fourth entry in the lowbudget seriesand one of the bestbut the reasons for its success transcend the storyline and even rooney. Andy hardy meets debutante 1940 a picture of lana turner is shown on last years school magazine and her name was said to be cynthia potter.
Seitz, marks the fourth installment to what developed into a highly popular film series revolving around judge hardys family in the town of carvel. 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. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing love finds andy hardy near you. Andy hardy mickey rooney from carvel becomes infatuated with a wellknown young socialite, daphne. Further disaster strikes when polly announces that her family is going on vacation for a month and wont be around for the dance anyway. Andy hardy comes home is a 1958 comedy film directed by howard w. Rent love finds andy hardy 1938 on dvd and bluray dvd. According to hollywood reporter news items, mickey rooney began to receive star billing in subsequent films due to his success in love finds andy hardy, and he worked on this film simultaneously with boys town. Purchase love finds andy hardy on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Mickey rooney in love finds andy hardy 1938 judy garland, mickey. This set has six films but not the first six films. That was her character name when she appeared in love finds andy hardy 1938. Movie mirrors index love finds andy hardy 1938 b 91en.
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