Andy Hardy Comes Home
| Andy Hardy Comes Home | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Howard W. Koch |
| Produced by | Red Doff |
| Written by |
Aurania Rouverol Edward Everett Hutshing Robert Morris Donley |
| Starring |
Mickey Rooney Patricia Breslin Fay Holden |
| Music by | Van Alexander |
| Cinematography |
William W. Spencer Harold E. Wellman |
| Edited by | John Baxter Rogers |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates | 22 December 1958 |
Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $313,000[1] |
| Box office | $610,000[1] |
Andy Hardy Comes Home is a 1958 film, the 16th and final film in the Andy Hardy series. Andy Hardy Comes Home failed to spark interest in a new Hardy Family series.
Plot summary
Returning to his home town of Carvel after several years absence - and twelve years since the last Andy Hardy movie - Andrew Hardy (Mickey Rooney), now a high-flying west coast lawyer, reminiscences about his past (with flashbacks to his earlier filmed exploits alongside Judy Garland and Esther Williams et al.) and reconnects with his mother, aunt, sister (returning co-stars Fay Holden, Sara Haden and Cecilia Parker respectively) and nephew Jimmy (Johnny Weissmuller, Jr.) as he attempts to convince the skeptical small-townsfolk to let his company build a factory there.
When his plan to buy land from his old friend Beezy (now played by Rooney's TV co-star Joey Forman) runs into difficulty, he brings his wife Jane (Patricia Breslin) and two children Andy Jr. (played by Rooney's real-life son Teddy) and Cricket to bolster his resolve, and to live up to the lessons instilled in him by his late father.
While all seems lost, the closing moments re-position the resurrected series for a new set of Andy Hardy movies that sadly went unmade.[2]
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy
- Patricia Breslin as Jane Hardy
- Fay Holden as Mrs. Emily Hardy
- Cecilia Parker as Marian Hardy
- Sara Haden as Aunt Milly Forrest
- Joey Forman as Beezy "Beez" Anderson
- Jerry Colonna as Doc
- Vaughn Taylor as Thomas Chandler
- Frank Ferguson as Mayor Benson
- William Leslie as Jack Bailey
- Tom Duggan as Councilman Warren
- Jeanne Baird as Sally Anderson
- Gina Gillespie as Cricket Hardy
- Jimmy Bates as Chuck
- Teddy Rooney as Andrew "Andy" Hardy, Jr.
- Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. as Jimmy
- Pat Cawley as Betty Wilson
Production
Mickey Rooney tried to persuade Ann Rutherford to return as Polly Benedict but Rutherford refused.[3]
Reception
According to MGM records the movie earned $400,000 in the US and Canada and $210,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $5,000.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/andy-hardy-comes-home-v83700
- ↑ Article on film at Turner Classic Movies accessed 11 Jan 2014
External links
- Andy Hardy Comes Home at IMDB
- Andy Hardy Comes Home at TCMDB
- Andy Hardy Comes Home at Andy Hardy Films
- Andy Hardy Comes Home at AllMovie
- Andy Hardy Comes Home at the American Film Institute Catalog
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