LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY HARDY
(M.G.M.)
ND we can’t help wishing that it would end. Unfortunately there seems little likelihood of this, because when
we left Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) this time he had just decided to go to calledge (a co-ed calledge pre-
sumably) and this should be good for at least a trio of new Judge Hardy films. We have come to this conclusion reluctantly, because for the first few years we followed the fortunes of the Hardy family with no small interest and amusement. Perhaps the present revolt is due to the fact that whereas in the beginning the series concerned Judge MHardy’s family, the more recent films have concentrated to an increasing degree on one member of that family. And in spite of the fact that each new film seems to promise that Andy Hardy will grow up or begin life or reveal a hitherto unexpected aspect of himself, he- appears doomed to remain forever in the egg (the touch egg) stage. . Every now and then the director tones down the comedy with a good slab of indigestible sentiment, or perhaps a little gentle moralising from Judge Hardy, but this doesn’t help much. Andy Hardy's last remark "Gee, Dad, I’ve got the gears in backwards!" may well be a commentary on the whole series.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 139, 20 February 1942, Page 15
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218LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY HARDY New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 139, 20 February 1942, Page 15
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