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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

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6.9/10 • 126

1947-09-011h 35m

ComedyRomance

Rollicking Romantics!

Teenager 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.

Directors
Irving Reis
Editors
Frederic Knudtson

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  1. Cary Grant

    Cary Grant

    Richard Nugent

  2. Myrna Loy

    Myrna Loy

    Judge Margaret Turner

  3. Shirley Temple

    Shirley Temple

    Susan Turner

  4. Rudy Vallee

    Rudy Vallee

    Tommy Chamberlain

  5. Ray Collins

    Ray Collins

    Dr. Matt Beemish

  6. Harry Davenport

    Harry Davenport

    Judge Thaddeus Turner

  7. Johnny Sands

    Johnny Sands

    Jerry White

  8. Don Beddoe

    Don Beddoe

    Joey

  9. Lillian Randolph

    Lillian Randolph

    Bessie

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CinemaSerf

Jul 7, 2022

7/10

Teenage Shirley Temple ("Susan") has become infatuated with the rather rakish artist "Dick Nugent" (Cary Grant). When she manages to talk her way past the bellhop and into his apartment one evening - without him knowing - his life just gets a bit more complicated. You see her elder sister "Margaret" (Myrna Loy) is a judge who happens to be dating the DA (Rudy Vallee) so when they, too, arrive at his apartment we have a bit of a fracas ending with things looking bleak and jail beckoning for poor old "Dick". Luckily for him, though, psychiatrist "Dr. Beemish" (Ray Collins) is on hand and he suggests that the best way to get this man out of the young girl's system would be for the pair to date for a while... What ensues now are some fun escapades as the youngster falls deeper for the older man who starts to fall for the judge, who begins to fall for him much to the chagrin of her DA pal and to cute young Johnny Sands ("Jerry") who has designs on "Susan"... Some of the scenarios are a little contrived, but mostly this is an entertainingly amusing film with good performances (and lovely facial expressions from Grant) from the top three, a quickly paced script and even if I could tell what was going to happen from miles out, I still enjoyed it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,961,000.00
Revenue
$5,550,000.00
Keywords
playboy