Love Finds Andy Hardy

Love Finds Andy Hardy
MGM, 1938, B/W, 92 minutes, ***½
Released July, 1938


Little Judy Garland turns in a charming performance in her first outing as Betsy Booth in the Andy Hardy series. Even though she's "just a child" (as Andy says), she manages to manipulate Andy into taking her to the Christmas dance where she wows him with her singing talent. Judy laments her awkward age in "In-Between," and sings rousing renditions of "It Never Rains But What It Pours" and "Meet the Beat of My Heart." Lana Turner also turns in a fine performance as Cynthia Potter. Definitely one of the best episodes of the Andy Hardy series!

Producer: Carey Wilson (uncredited)
Director: George B. Seitz
Screenplay: William Ludwig
(based on stories by Vivian B. Bretherton and characters by Aurania Rouverol)
Musical Score: David Snell
Song Score: Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, Roger Edens
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Stan Rogers
Wardrobe: Jeanne
Sound: Douglas Shearer
Cinematography: Lester White
Film Editing: Ben Lewis

Cast: Lewis Stone [Judge James K. Hardy], Mickey Rooney [Andrew Hardy], Cecilia Parker [Marian Hardy], Fay Holden [Mrs. Hardy], Judy Garland [Betsy Booth], Lana Turner [Cynthia Potter], Ann Rutherford [Polly Benedict], Mary Howard [Mrs. Tompkins], Gene Reynolds [Jimmy MacMahon], Don Castle [Dennis Hunt], Betty Ross Clarke [Aunt Milly], Marie Blake [Augusta], George Breakston [Francis Bacon Anderson, "Beezy"], Raymond Hatton [Peter Dugan], Frank Darien [Bill Collector]

Musical Program: [0:42] In-Between (sung by Judy Garland); [1:20] It Never Rains But What It Pours (sung by Judy Garland); [1:23] Meet the Beat of My Heart (sung by Judy Garland)