Rotten
Cary Grant seems stymied in this claustrophobic, essentially misogynistic material, and director Irving Reis isn't the man to pull him out.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Rollicking Romantics!
1947 · 1h 35m · APPROVED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Irving Reis
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Irving Reis Director
- Cary Grant as Judge Thaddeus Turner
- Myrna Loy as Judge Margaret Turner
- Shirley Temple as Susan Turner
- Rudy Vallee as Judge Thaddeus Turner
- Ray Collins as Dr. Matt Beemish
- Harry Davenport as Judge Thaddeus Turner
- Johnny Sands as Jerry White
- Don Beddoe as Joey
- Lillian Randolph as Bessie
- Veda Ann Borg as Agnes Prescott
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