In 1958 he returned to mgm for an illadvised sequel, andy hardy comes home, but he. Aunt milly was played by betty ross clarke in the third and fourth entries of the hardy series, but haden was around even before stone and holden hooked on with the series and also returned in 1958 for andy hardy comes home. Mickey rooney list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Because these films were high in entertainment value and featured plot elements to which the majority of american families could relate, the films were very popular fare. Andy hardy comes home cast and crew cast photos and info. Follow the misadventures of americas original teenage sensation. It is the 16th and final film in the andy hardy series, with mickey rooney reprising his signature role. 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. Lewis stone, mickey rooney, cecilia parker, fay holden. Andy hardy, songwriter patricia breslin jane hardy fay holden mother hardy cecilia parker marian sara haden aunt milly joey forman bezzy anderson jerry colonna doc vaughn taylor thomas chandler frank ferguson mayor benson william leslie jack bailey tom duggan councilman warren jeanne baird sally anderson gina gillespie cricket jimmy bates chuck. All set to graduate from high school and he flunks his english exam in spite of the fact that aunt milly is his teacher, and that the judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary kathryn grayson in her screen debut.
Andy hardy remained wildly popular because boys of the period could identify with his social, money, and girl troubles. It was an earlier version of tvs mayberry a gentle, peaceful place that anyone would love to call home. Andy hardy comes home is a 1958 comedy film directed by howard w. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. In this concluding volume of the andy hardy film collection from the warner archive collection youll get a chance to.
Judge hardy takes his family to new york city, where andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. Housesecond empirefull househouse starvictorian homesarchitectureold houses. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of andy hardy comes home with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Dec 17, 2012 aunt milly was played by betty ross clarke in the third and fourth entries of the hardy series, but haden was around even before stone and holden hooked on with the series and also returned in 1958 for andy hardy comes home. If anything this picture proves what thomas wolfe said about not being able to go home again. Check out this page for more updates on andy hardy comes home. A nice little bank that should be robbed gus harris 1958.
Andy hardy comes home 1958 mickey rooney and pat cawley in andy hardy comes home 1958. This ultrafolksy hollywood domestic comedy is definitely not of best bet calibre in my. Teddy rooney, a former child actor and a son of mickey rooney. 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 mickey rooney, patricia breslin, fay holden, cecilia parker. For fans of the hardy series, andy hardy comes home was a nostalgic trip down memory lane complete with clips from some of the earlier films as andy. He also starred in such films as it happened to jane 1959 with. Twelve years later, an attempt to revive the series with an older, wiser andy was made in 1958 with andy hardy comes home, but it turned out to be the final film in the series. The final installment, andy hardy comes home, would be made 12 years later 1958 in a failed attempt. 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. Andy hardy comes home motion picture feature film over 60 minutes. Oscar and golden globewinner mickey rooney national velvet continues his role as andy hardy. You know youre old when you can remember having seen an andy hardy film in the theater.
Only the last film in the series, a belated sequel called andy hardy comes home 1958, was not a success. Sara haden charlotte walkers daughter and andy hardys. Andy hardy comes home 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. One odd thing about the andy hardy movies is that he doesnt seem to have any male friends, at least no male friends that last more than one movie. Film, video andy hardy comes home motion picture feature film over 60 minutes. 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. A 1938 romantic comedy film which tells the story of a teenage boy who becomes entangled with three. 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.
Jane patricia breslin, and their two kids on a trip to his home town, where they reunite with andys mother fay holden and sister cecilia parker. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing andy hardy comes home near you. Watch andy hardy comes home now on your favorite device. That final film in the series, made five years after the death of lewis stone, brought the remaining hardy family members. 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. However, he finds the highsociety life too expensive and eventually decides that he liked it better back home. It is the 16th and final film in the andy hardy series, with mickey rooney reprising. Costarring fay holden blossoms in the dust and cecilia parker frankenstein, also continuing. 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. Mickey rooneys house in the andy hardy movie series the backlot, go to movies. The final installment, andy hardy comes home, would be made 12 years later 1958 in a failed attempt to revive the franchise.
This story presents a middleaged andy who is the head of his own. If there is a male, he is usually an adversary or a rival for some girls attention who eventually comes to befriend andy in the end. Trailer for andy hardy comes home 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. Teddy, whose full name is theodore michael rooney, played the son of his father mickeys famous character andy hardy in the 1958 film andy hardy comes home. If youre an andy hardy fan, youll want to see this film out of a certain kind of loyalty. I saw this with full knowledge of the andy hardy lore having seen them on tv. Nov 09, 20 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. 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. Mickey rooney biography and list of films movies database. And a lot of the magic was the town of carvel itself. Judge hardy had hoped that his son would go to college and study law, but andy isnt sure thats what he wants to do so he heads off to new york city to find a job. Andy hardy comes home 1958 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. This was the 15th, nexttolast andy hardy film produced.
Teddy rooney and his father, mickey rooney, in 1958s andy hardy comes home. Andy hardy, the original teen supreme, comes careening to your screen in the first of a series of collections. In this movie, however, carvel is a gloomy little backwater, left behind by postwar prosperity. 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. It is the ninth of the andy hardy fulllength film series. Love laughs at andy hardy is a 1946 american film released by metrogoldwynmayer, directed by willis goldbeck and starring mickey rooney and lewis stone. This film was also noteworthy for being the last to feature veteran. Andy hardy comes home 1958 the movie database tmdb. Archive collection line of hardtofind library and cult titles, has released the andy hardy film collection, volume 2, a fivedisc, t. The hardys ride high 1939 all main cast members and even some minor ones return for the july 1939 release andy hardy gets spring fever. House former leave it to beaver 1959 to 1963 leave it. Andy hardy comes home 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mickey rooney and mgm had hoped that the film would rekindle public interest in seeing andy hardy regularly up on the big screen again and were optimistic enough to. Plantation this picture gets more views than all of my others.
With his high school graduation behind him, andy hardy decides that as an adult, its time to start living his life. Andy hardy comes home 1958 cast and crew moviefone. At eight years old, teddy rooney had begun to follow in his fathers footsteps, having already amassed some television and film credits, including the doris day feature it happened to jane 1959. It was made 12 years after the previous hardy film, and was an attempt to revive what had once been an enormously popular series. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. In this installment, andy is now a grown man working as a lawyer at an aviation firm on the west coast where he lives. For fans of the hardy series, andy hardy comes home was a nostalgic trip down memory lane complete with clips from some of the earlier films as andy reminisced at the old homestead. Then came the film that altered the course of his career. 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.
Oscar and golden globewinner mickey rooney national. Andy hardy comes home is a 1958 hollywood comedy,drama film released on dec 22, 1958. Who owns most of laurel and hardy film copyrights answers. The andy hardy films of the 30s and 40s had an abundance of humor, or at least good humor. Follow the misadventures of americas original teenage sensation, andy hardy, from his humble beginnings in a family affair through his girlcrazed college 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. Hardy boys complete series set books 166 the hardy boys. Mgms 1937 adaptation of aurania rouverols play skidding, a family affair, proved such a stunning success that production commenced on a seriesinspired by it almost immediately. Soon andys mind turns to business, and he tries to convince his superiors to build a factory in the small town, which would allow him to move back and improve. 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. Andy hardy, songwriter patricia breslin jane hardy fay holden mother hardy cecilia parker marian sara haden aunt milly joey forman bezzy anderson jerry colonna. Andy hardy comes home 22nd december 1958 cinema 80 mins 1.
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