''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble'' is a 1944

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film directed by

George B. Seitz George Brackett Seitz (January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as '' The Perils of Pauline'' (1914) and ''The Exploits of ...

, the fourteenth in the series starring

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...

Andy Hardy Andrew "Andy" Hardy is a fictional character best known for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer series of 16 films in which he was played by Mickey Rooney. The main film series was released from 1937 to 1946, with a final film made in 1958 in an unsuccessfu ...

. In the film, Andy goes to college, but soon gets in trouble with some pretty female students.

Plot

''Blonde Trouble'' picks up from the previous installment of the Andy Hardy saga with Andy on a train to begin his college career at Wainwright College. While on the train, he meets Kay Wilson (

Bonita Granville Bonita Gloria Granville Wrather (February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988) was an American actress and producer. The daughter of vaudevillians, Granville began her career on the stage at age three. She initially began as a child actress, making ...

), and learns that Wainright College has just become a coeducational institution. The Dean of Wainwright College (and soon to be Andy's faculty advisor), Dr. Standish (

Herbert Marshall Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen, and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the Un ...

) is also on the train. Dr. Standish's identity is not revealed to Andy until later. Problems begin almost immediately for Andy as he learns his father forgot to give him his train ticket. Lyn and Lee Walker ( Wilde Twins) are also on the train in a private cabin. They are on their way to Wainright College as well, but their father thinks Lee is on her way to spend some time with her aunt in Vermont. The twins can't handle the idea of being separated, so they travel together to Wainright College in hopes of passing themselves off as one student. On the train, and later at Wainwright, the twins pull the switcheroo on Andy, leaving him completely confused with this mysterious blonde's ever-changing behavior. After discovering that they have run out of money, the twins coax Andy into giving them a total of $37.95 cash before he realizes that he has been fooled. After classes at Wainwright College begin, Andy's troubles continue to build, causing him to consider quitting college. Before this happens, though, he manages to help the twins out of their trouble.

Cast

Lewis Stone Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American film actor. He spent 29 years as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was best known for his portrayal of Judge James Hardy in the studio's popular '' Andy ...

as Judge James K. Hardy *

as Andrew "Andy" Hardy * Fay Holden as Mrs. Emily Hardy *

Sara Haden Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was an American actress of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in 14 of the ...

as Aunt Milly Forrest *

as Dr. M.J. Standish *

as Kay Wilson *

Jean Porter Bennie Jean Porter (December 8, 1922 – January 13, 2018), known professionally as Jean Porter, was an American film and television actress, noted for her roles in '' The Youngest Profession'' (1943), ''Bathing Beauty'' (1944), '' Abbott and C ...

as Katy Anderson *

Keye Luke Keye Luke (; June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild. He portrayed Lee Chan, the "Number One Son" in the Charlie Chan films, the original Kato in the 1939–1941 ...

as Dr. Lee Wong Howe * Lee Wilde as Lee Walker * Lyn Wilde as Lyn Walker * Marta Linden as Mrs. Townsend *

Emory Parnell Emory Parnell (December 29, 1892 – June 22, 1979) was an American vaudeville performer and actor who appeared in over 250 films in his 36-year career. Early years Parnell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He spent eight months in the Arct ...

as Train Conductor

Production

''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble'' was filmed at the MGM Studios in

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, with location shooting taking place at the

University of Nevada at Reno The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded ...

. The film was shot from July to September 1943 prior to Mickey Rooney's induction into the US Army in June 1944; the film was released in 1944.

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* * * {{George B. Seitz 1944 films 1944 romantic comedy films American romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Films about twin sisters Films directed by George B. Seitz Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films with screenplays by William Ludwig 1940s English-language films 1940s American films Films scored by David L. Snell English-language romantic comedy films

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