Review

  • Warning: Spoilers
    Just watched this Judge Hardy's Family entry just now. In this one, Andy has his usual money troubles and tries to win some by entering an essay about Alexander Hamilton for a Fourth of July contest. Only, he finds out it's a GIRL who gets that prize while the boy wins a set of books! This also gets him possible dates for him with someone other than Polly though in this case, he doesn't stray because he's in love with this someone else. No, one of these girls Andy gets mixed up with is actually blackmailing him, and with sweet talk too! While there's the usual funny moments involving Andy, there's also a very heartbreaking subplot involving mother Emily's possibly fatal sickness. Both Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone, and even Cecilia Parker have very touching scenes when talking about the Fay Holden character though I just realized there was nothing written for Sara Haden's Aunt Milly character expressing concern about her sister's health nor did they have Andy and Marian's sis Joan coming back. Maybe there was such a scene for the former and it was cut out but I'm guessing Joan was retconned to Chuck Cunningham status after A Family Affair! ("Chuck Cunningham" is a code for a character disappearing from a series without any explanation whatsoever! It's named after the older brother of Richie and Joanie from "Happy Days".) Anyway, I highly recommend Judge Hardy and Son. P.S. The guy who gives tires to Andy is actually Mickey Rooney's father Joe Yule Sr. (Mickey being Joe, Jr.) Also, Marie Blake returned from Love Finds Andy Hardy as Augusta the cook.