THE HARDY FAMILY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1939, Page 8

THE HARDY FAMILY

A NEW EPISODE. Judge Hardy’s Family is turned loose for the fourth time in “Love Finds Andy Hardy,” which opens at the Regent Theatre tomorrow. The same group which won wide recognition for its work in “Judge Hardy’s Children,” is found in the new episode, with important additions to the cast in Judy Garland and Lana Turner, making this the most pretentious of the series.

With George Seitz again directing, an inside story of the drama which is to be found in every American family is unfolded in an amusing and realistic manner.

Attention has been given to the romantic problems facing young boys and girls in a small mid-western city. Their heart-breaks and happiness, amusements and adventures are authentically painted against a background of the home.

Lewis Stone aggin plays Judge Hardy, kindly, understanding and discerning head of a family of five. Mickey Rooney, as his son, Andy, is a happy-go-lucky, irresponsible youth, growing up and finding that such things as girls exist in his world. Judy Garland has been added to the cast, bringing her remarkable singing voice and indisputable acting ability to the role of one of Mickey’s three girl friends. She sings three songs in the picture. Of interest is the debut of Lana Turner, sensational new discovery under the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer banner. The supporting cast includes Cecilia Parker, for the fourth time daughter of the family, Fay Holden as the mother, Betty Ross Clarke as Aunt Milly, Gene Reynolds, Ann Rutherford, Mickey’s “steady” girl, Marie Blake. Don Castle, Mary Howard, George Breakston and Raymond Hatton. The story is a simple, unaffected treatment of the difficulties encountered by Mickey Rooney when he purchases a second-hand automobile without telling his father of his plans. Consequent difficulties drive him to a despair from which he is rescued by the wiles of Judy Garland.