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"ANDY HARDY COMES HOME"
BETWEEN THE YEARS 1938 AND 1946 ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR STARS IN HOLLYWOOD WAS A FAMILY. BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO STRIKE A RESPONSIVE CHORD IN THE HEART OF EVERY AMERICAN HOME, THIS FAMILY RECEIVED MORE FAN LETTERS THAN INDIVIDUAL STARS, AND STARTED MICKEY ROONEY, LANA TURNER, JUDY GARLAND, ESTHER pd oy DONNA REED AND KATHRYN GRAYSON ON THEIR WAYS TO
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IN 15 PICTURES, THIS FAMILY TOOK OVER THE WORLD.
THE FAMILY WAS, OF COURSE, THE HARDY FAMILY OF THE TOWN OF CARVEL. NOW MGM, WITH CLEAR MEMORIES OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SERIES EVER PRODUCED, IS RETURNING THE FAMILY TO THE SCREEN WITH “ANDY HARDY COMES HOME,“ PRODUCED BY RED DOFF AND DIRECTED BY HOWARD W. KOCH.
MICKEY ROONEY RECREATES THE ROLE THAT MADE HIM NO. 1 BOXOFFICE STAR, ANDY HARDY; FAY HOLDEN AND CECILIA PARKER RE-~ TURN FROM RETIREMENT TO PLAY MA HARDY AND SISTER MARIAN, AND SARA HADEN IS BACK FROM TELEVISION FOR AUNT MILLY. |
THE FAMILY HAD ITS INCEPTION IN 1937 WITH THE FILM “A FAMILY AFFAIR," BASED ON THE PLAY “SKIDDING" BY AURANIA ROUVEROL. ITS SUCCESS RECOMMENDED ANOTHER PICTURE, "YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE," WHICH ESTABLISHED THE ACTORS IN THE ROLES THEY WERE TO PLAY THROUGHOUT. IN THE FOLLOWING EIGHT YEARS THEATER MARQUEES ADVERTISED "JUDGE HARDY'S CHILDREN," "LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY," "OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS," "THE HARDYS RIDE HIGH," "ANDY HARDY GETS SPRING FEVER," "JUDGE HARDY AND SON," “ANDY HARDY MEETS DEBUTANTE," "ANDY HARDY'S PRIVATE SECRETARY," LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY HARDY," “THE COURTSHIP OF ANDY HARDY," "ANDY HARDY'S DOUBLE LIFE," "ANDY HARDY'S BLONDE TROUBLE," AND, LAST UNTIL NOW, "LOVE LAUGHS AT ANDY HARDY."
LIKE ITS PREDECESSORS, “ANDY HARDY COMES HOME” WILL INTRODUCE A PROMISING NEWCOMER A LA GARLAND, TURNER, WILLIAMS ET AL, GIRLS WHO TOOK FIRST STEPS TO STARDOM ON THE ARM OF ANDY HARDY . SHE'S PAT CAWLEY, NEWLY UNDER CONTRACT TO MGM AND MAKING HER PICTURE DEBUT. |
ALSO CONTINUED ARE THE MAN-TO-MAN TALKS FOR WHICH JUDGE HARDY AND SON WERE RENOWNED, THIS TIME ANDY TALKS TO HIS SON, PLAYED BY TEDDY ROONEY.
BOTH PRODUCER DOFF AND DIRECTOR KOCH EMPHASIZE “ANDY HARDY COMES HOME" IS NOT A SEQUEL IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD -NOR A REMAKE. IT IS RATHER, THEY SAY, A CONTINUATION.
If IS ALSO ANDY HARDY, 1958, UP-TO-DATE IN STORY, CHARACTERIZATIONS, BACKGROUND AND CONTENT.