Andy Hardy's Double Life

Andy Hardy's Double Life
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Directed by	George B. Seitz
Written by	Aurania Rouverol (characters); Agnes Christine Johnston
Starring	Lewis Stone; Mickey Rooney; Cecilia Parker; Fay Holden
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Edited by	Gene Ruggiero
Music by	Daniele Amfitheatrof
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	December 1942;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$369,000
Box office	$2,647,000

Andy Hardy's Double Life is a 1942 comedy film directed by George B. Seitz. It was the thirteenth installment of MGM's enormously popular Andy Hardy film series starring Mickey Rooney as the title character.

It was the feature film debut of Esther Williams.^[2] It was the last Hardy film to include the character Polly Benedict, Andy's long-suffering sweetheart, as well as the last to feature Ann Rutherford (who had taken over the role of Polly in the second film of the series).

Plot

Preparing himself for college life, Andy Hardy promises himself to put an end to his flirting ways and attempts to organize his finances by selling his old car. Things become complicated when his love interest Polly introduces him to a seductive psychology student, while his friends continue to delay the payment for his automobile. Andy also tries his best to help his sister Marian with her own relationship problems and takes an interest in assisting his father Judge Hardy with a complicated case involving an injured boy.

Cast

Lewis Stone as Judge Hardy
Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy
Cecilia Parker as Marian Hardy
Fay Holden as Mrs. Hardy
Ann Rutherford as Polly Benedict
Sara Haden as Aunt Milly Forrest
Esther Williams as Sheila Brooks
William Lundigan as Jeff Willis
Robert Pittard as Botsy
Bobby Blake as "Tooky" Stedman
Susan Peters as Sue

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $1,782,000 in the US and Canada and $865,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $1,499,000.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ "Andy Hardy's Double Life". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54