LOVE LAUGHS AT ANDY HARDY

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
MGM, 1946, B/W, 93 minutes, ***
Premiere release December, 1946
General release January, 1947

Love laughs at Andy Hardy, and so will you when you see him dancing with six-foot-tall Dorothy Ford in one of the funniest Jitterbugs ever performed on film! Fun episode of the Andy Hardy series features a cute Lina Romay singing two charming numbers, the tall Dorothy Ford, and Bonita Granville as Andy's latest true love. This was the last regular episode of the series.

This film is in public domain.
Producer: Robert Sisk
Director: Willis Goldbeck
Screenplay: Harry Ruskin and William Ludwig
(based on a story by Howard Dimsdale and characters by Aurania Rouverol)
Musical Score: Dave Snell
Song Score: various
Dance Director: Jack Donohue
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Henry McAfee
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Sound: Douglas Shearer
Cinematography: Robert Planck
Film Editing: Irvine Warburton

Cast: Mickey Rooney [Andy Hardy], Lewis Stone [Judge Hardy], Fay Holden [Mrs. Hardy], Sara Haden [Aunt Milly], Bonita Granville [Kay Wilson], Lina Romay [Isobel Gonzales], Dorothy Ford [Coffy Smith], Addison Richards [Mr. Benedict], Hal Hackett [Duke Johnson], Richard Simmons [Dane Kittridge], Clinton Sundberg [Haberdashery Proprietor], Geraldine Wall [Miss Geeves], Charles Peck [Tommy Gilchrest], John Walsh [Freshman], Lucien Littlefield [Telegraph Clerk]

Musical Program: [0:15] Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka) (sung in Spanish and English [with special lyrics] and danced by Lina Romay); [0:55] unidentified instrumental (Jitterbug danced by Andy Hardy and Dorothy Ford); [1:01] Auld Lang Syne (excerpt sung by students at train station); [1:04] Hail to Wainwright (Choir); [1:28] I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) (sung and danced by Lina Romay)