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6.9

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

NR·1947·95m

Comedy

Romance

Comedy

Romance

Summary

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.

Cast

Cary Grant

Richard Nugent

Myrna Loy

Judge Margaret Turner

Shirley Temple

Susan Turner

Rudy Vallee

Tommy Chamberlain

Ray Collins

Dr. Matt Beemish

Harry Davenport

Judge Thaddeus Turner

Johnny Sands

Jerry White

Don Beddoe

Joey

Lillian Randolph

Bessie

Veda Ann Borg

Agnes Prescott

Dan Tobin

Chester Walters

Ransom M. Sherman

Judge Treadwell

William Bakewell

Winters

Irving Bacon

Melvin

Ian Bernard

Perry

Carol Hughes

Florence

William Hall

Anthony Herman

Gregory Gaye

Maitre d'Hotel

Bobby Barber

Birthday Cake Waiter (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Man on Dais (uncredited)

Robert Bice

Policeman at Airport (uncredited)

Robert Bray

Official at Airline Gate (uncredited)

Ellen Corby

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Faculty Member (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Sunset High Coach (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Charles Halton

Mr. Mittwick - High School Principal (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Garry Owen

Policeman at Airport (uncredited)

Bob Pepper

Policeman at Airport (uncredited)

Dore Schary

Jebby (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Norman Thomson

Bailiff (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Faculty Member (uncredited)

William Forrest

Mr. Baldwin (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Irving Reis

Screenplay, Story

Sidney Sheldon

Reviews

Geronimo1967

July 7, 2022

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.