Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy is a 1946 American film directed by Willis Goldbeck
starring Mickey Rooney
.
The film is also known under its American promotional title Uncle Andy Hardy.
This was the next-to-last Andy Hardy film produced. The final installment, "Andy Hardy Comes Home", would be made 12 years later (1958) in a failed attempt to revive the franchise.
This film was also noteworthy for being the last to feature veteran character actor Lewis Stone
as "Judge Hardy". Stone continued his career for the next seven years, making 10 more films until his death in 1953 at age 73.
because the copyright was not renewed.
Willis Goldbeck
Willis Goldbeck was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 40 films between 1923 and 1962. He also directed ten films between 1942 and 1951. Willis graduated High School from Worcester Academy....
starring Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...
.
The film is also known under its American promotional title Uncle Andy Hardy.
Plot summary
Poor Andy, all he wants to do is get to town and continue to woo his girl and ask her hand in marriage. Andrew "Andy" Hardy met his sweetheart Kay Wilson in college, but has since served in the military and is now being discharged. Getting back to Kay may be the hardest thing of them all to accomplish. He arrives in town alright, but things start to go awry from there.This was the next-to-last Andy Hardy film produced. The final installment, "Andy Hardy Comes Home", would be made 12 years later (1958) in a failed attempt to revive the franchise.
This film was also noteworthy for being the last to feature veteran character actor Lewis Stone
Lewis Stone
Lewis Shepard Stone was an American actor.Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, son of Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball. Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting...
as "Judge Hardy". Stone continued his career for the next seven years, making 10 more films until his death in 1953 at age 73.
Cast
- Mickey RooneyMickey RooneyMickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...
- Lewis StoneLewis StoneLewis Shepard Stone was an American actor.Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, son of Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball. Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting...
- Sara HadenSara HadenSara Haden was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s.She was born Sarah Haden on November 17, 1899 in Galveston, Texas. Haden was the daughter of another character actress, Charlotte Walker, who was active in silent films and early talkies...
- Bonita GranvilleBonita GranvilleBonita Granville was an American film actress and television producer.-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Granville was the daughter of stage actors, and made her film debut at the age of nine in Westward Passage...
- Lina RomayLina RomayFor Singer, See Lina Romay Lina Romay is a Spanish actress who often appears in films directed by her long-time companion Jesus Franco.-Movie career:...
- Fay HoldenFay HoldenFay Holden , was a British-born American-based actress. She was known as Gaby Fay early in her career....
- Dorothy FordDorothy FordDorothy Ford is an American actress and model active during the 1940s through 1960s.She began her career as a model, largely due to her extreme height of 6 feet, 2 inches and a 38-26-38-and-a-half figure. In 1944, she made her screen debut in Lady in the Dark...
- Hal Hackett
- Dick Simmons
- Clinton SundbergClinton SundbergClinton Sundberg was a stage and film character actor.Sundberg was born in Appleton, Minnesota on December 7, with sources differing on his year of birth...
- Geraldine Wall
- Addison RichardsAddison RichardsAddison Richards was an American film actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1933 and 1964. He died from a heart attack...
Copyright status
This movie is in the public domain in the United StatesPublic domain in the United States
Works are in the public domain if they are not covered by intellectual property rights, such as copyright, at all, or if the intellectual property rights to the works has expired.- Public domain in copyrighted works in the United States :...
because the copyright was not renewed.