I really wish they'd never made "The Hardys Ride High". This is because although the family normally extols the virtues of decency and are a lovely middle class bunch of people, in this film the ugly hidden side of them comes out...a side that audiences probably did not enjoy seeing. After all, in this film they seem very self-absorbed and greedy....which is nothing like the Hardys in other movies.
When the story begins, Judge Hardy learns he's probably the heir to a $2,000,000 fortune. However, again and again, they say 'probably' but the family assumes a lot--that he can prove he's related to the dead man and that it's $200,000,000! This is because everyone in the family begin thinking about how they'll spend it and they also begin putting on airs. Suddenly, instead of having a nice family breakfast, many of them choose to have breakfast in bed! And, when Marian buys a $265 dollar dress, it's hard to care about these people...as in today's money, that dress would be many thousands of dollars AND the family still isn't 100% sure the inheritance is theirs. Instead of loving this nice family, you start finding yourself annoyed by them! Their sense of entitlement is grotesque.
As I mentioned above, I found the Hardys less than lovable in this installment. While eventually the family does the right things, seeing them spending wildly and losing track of who they really were is pretty sad, as you've come to like them so much. A rare disappointment.
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