7/10
MICKEY & JUDY IN THE FIRST HARDY GO...!
27 December 2020
The 1938 entry in the Andy Hardy saga (the second in the series which ran from 1937 - 1946) starring Mickey Rooney. Rooney has only 2 things on his mind, girls & cars (one of which he has a down payment on) & he's kind of striking out on both fronts w/his date for the big dance at school looming & he has too may girls to choose from. One is leaving town for the holidays, another, played by Lana Turner, is thrown on him by his best bud since he doesn't want anyone else seeing her so he's going to pay Rooney to keep her in his orbit (giving him enough cash to finish paying off his car) & then there's a third, played by Judy Garland (in her debut in the series), who's come to live next door & is immediately smitten w/her irrepressible neighbor so much so she helps him along the way as his schemes start backfiring one after the other. Not to mention a family member is sick (his granny) out of town sending Ma Hardy to her side while she recuperates leaving Judge Hardy, Rooney's dad, on pins & needles. Did I also forget to mention it's Christmas time as well? Great fun for the whole family (back in 1938...kidding!) which shows how America was during a simpler time when things like Co-vid & election fraud were figments of our president's limited mind.
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