The andy hardy films are a snapshot of hollywoods idea of small town americana, circa 19361944. Andy hardy comes home 1958 andy hardy comes home 1958. Youre onlyyoung once 1937, out west with the hardys 1938, judge hardy and son 1939, andy hardy meets debutante 1940, andy hardys private secretary 1941, life begins for andy hardy 1941. Andy hardy comes home 1958 stream and watch online. Andy hardy comes home is a 1958 comedy film directed by howard w. Of course, judge hardy is gone and that leaves a sad feeling inside. In a sequel to the popular film series, andy hardy, now a middleaged married man with kids, returns home to carvel to negotiate a land deal.
Andy hardy comes home 22nd december 1958 cinema 80 mins 1. While judge hardy gets into a legal wrangle to save an old friends ranch, andy tries to turn a bronco into a jalopy and marian tries to lasso herself a cowpoke. Andy hardy comes home mickey rooney patricia breslin fay holden 1958 now a lawyer with a wife patricia breslin and family, andy mickey rooney saves his hometown from a greedy landowner. Costarring fay holden blossoms in the dust and cecilia parker frankenstein, also continuing. 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. The hardy series was launched in 1937 with youre only young once and the cast of lewis stone judge. Hardy work to a precision of five tenths of a thou thats 0. Released 1958, andy hardy comes home stars mickeyrooney, patriciabreslin, fayholden, ceciliaparker the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Laurel and hardy were famous all over the world and not always known as laurel and hardy.
After a twelve year absence from mgms popular hardy family series that helped make him a household name, mickey rooney reprised his role as the eternally boyish and lovable andy hardy for the 16th and final time in andy hardy comes home 1958. Stone is best remembered as judge hardy, andys father in the andy hardy series of films with mickey rooney. She had a long career starring and costarring in films, playing polly benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the andy hardy. Andy hardy comes home 1958 the movie database tmdb. Lewis stone biography, movie highlights and photos. Andy hardy gets spring fever 1939 judge hardy and son 1939 andy hardy meets debutante 1940 andy hardys private secretary 1941 life begins for andy hardy 1941 andy hardys double life 1942 the courtship of andy hardy 1942 andy hardys blonde trouble 1944 love laughs at andy hardy 1947 andy hardy comes home 1958. This doesnt go over too well with some of the town folk who set out to stop the building, which causes andy to try and. After handtohand fighting with the soviets during the withdrawal to norway late in the war, manz was among those who surrendered to the british in 1945. Compiled with hardys help, the 19 book is a guide to the settings. Duration 2 min 38 sec views 3,505 posted on january 05, 2014 director howard w. 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.
It was great to see bonita granville from the wonderful nancy drew series in this movie too. This page provides latest and updated information about andy hardy comes home 1958 movie which released on dec 22, 1958. Mickey rooney does a great job portraying andy, as usual. Andy hardy comes home was a calculated attempt to capitalize on the series success by recreating a cinematic world in which, like the original series, realities like war, the atomic bomb and the race to space would be a distant second in filmgoers memory to andy hardy s fantasizing about judy garland and esther williams while attempting to. Hardy simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Geff harold hardy frs 7 february 1877 cranleigh, surrey 1 december 1947 cambridge, cambridgeshire was a famous english mathematician. A family affair was produced in just 17 days, directed by hardy regular george b. He wrote a mathematicians apology in 1940 in 1908, unable to explain how a. Real manufacturing hardy reels history, an interview. All the andy hardy movies will be shown december 16 in reverse order starting woth andy hardy comes home at 6 am and ending with a familly affair on december 17 at 7. Returning to his home town of carvel after several years absence, lawyer andy hardy brings his wife jane patricia breslin and two children andy jr. 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.
She had a long career starring and costarring in films, playing polly benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the andy hardy series, and. Andy hardy comes home is one of my favorite andy hardy films. It is the 16th and final film in the andy hardy series, with mickey rooney reprising his signature role. Of the casting thomas schatz writes in the genius of the system that barrymore was too important an actor to be tied up with a series. Andy hardy comes home trailer turner classic movies. With mickey rooney, patricia breslin, fay holden, cecilia parker.
Please be aware that this isa manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc. Your only young once 1937 andy hardy comes home 1958 blonde trouble 1944 andy hardy meets debutante 1940. It was made 12 years after the previous hardy film, and was an attempt to revive what had once been an enormously popular series. Now working as an attorney for a major corporation, andy hardy mickey rooney takes his wife, jane patricia breslin, and their two kids on a trip to his home town, where they reunite with andy.
Andy hardy comes home 1958 is directed by, produced by, starring. Koch, mickey rooney, patricia breslin, fay holden march 22, 2020 andy hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics. He investigated number theory and mathematical analysis hardys classic text a course of pure mathematics was first published in 1908 and has been in print ever since. Oscar and golden globewinner mickey rooney national. 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. Emaciated and torn with guilt, manz survived, returned to his home town in northwestern germany and eventually became a university student, emigrating to usa in 1957. Andy hardy, the original teen supreme, comes careening to your screen in the first of a series of collections. On englands coast, thomas hardy made his world the new. Oscar and golden globewinner mickey rooney national velvet continues his role as andy hardy. Koch, patricia breslin, fay holden, cecilia parker, sara haden, joey forman, jerry colonna, vaughn taylor, frank ferguson, william leslie, tom duggan, jeanne baird, gina gillespie, jimmy bates, teddy rooney, phyllis douglas. Simple, familiar, full of family values and homespun wisdom handed down by the thoughtful, whitehaired patriarch who just happens to be the local judge, these films defined mgm head louis b. Nixon said hardy pilgrimages began in the authors lifetime, aided by hermann leas thomas hardys wessex. In december 2010 mickey rooney is the star of the month on tcm.
Andy hardy comes home 1958 out of 4 the sixteenth and final film in the series has a middleaged andy hardy mickey rooney returning to his hometown where he wants to build a factory so that the small town can expand. In this installment, andy is now a grown man working as a lawyer at an aviation firm on the west coast where he lives with his wife jane patricia. Therese ann rutherford november 2, 1917 june 11, 2012 was a canadianamerican actress in film, radio, and television. Mickey and son together for the first time overview. Andy hardy comes home 1958 nr 12221958 us comedy 1h 20m user score. Thomas hardy, om 2 juin 1840 11 januar 1928 wis an inglis novelist an poet. For those of a similar name, see andrew hardie disambiguation. Andy hardys portrayer crossword clue answer crossword.
Ultimately, he appeared in over 200 films, almost all of them at mgm. 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. Love finds andy hardy soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. A family affair 1937 introduces judge hardys family. Not to be confused with the hardy boys or andy rooney 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. Koch director mickey rooney andy hardy patricia breslin jane hardy fay holden. Follow the misadventures of americas original teenage sensation. Andy hardy comes home was a calculated attempt to capitalize on the series success by recreating a cinematic world in which, like the original series, realities like war, the atomic bomb and the race to space would be a distant second in filmgoers memory to andy hardys fantasizing about judy garland and esther williams while attempting to.
It just gives me a warm feeling to see all of the hardy family together again. Andy hardy comes home is a 1958 english film stars mickey rooney, edward everett hutshing, robert morris donley, howard w. Andy hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics. Seitz for mgm, and successful enough to leave the public immediately clamoring for more. 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.
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