"Mother" OF The Hardys Women Who invented A Family

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 30, 6 January 1939, Page 15

"Mother" OF The Hardys Women Who invented A Family

[HE woman. behind the Judge | Hardy family is Kay Van Riper, who invented it. She is still re- | sponsible for the main outlines of all the stories, though she is given new collaborators on each picture. Carvel, the typical American town in which the Hardys lived, is based on Winona, Minnesota, Miss Van Riper’s home town. On the wall of her office is a map of Carvel, with street names and locations of the principal buildings. There is a cardindex with the names, ages, birth dates, and birth places of all the characters, with notations on what has happened to each thus far in the series. All the merchants and town characters who have. been mentioned are listed so that the followers of the pictures may become as well acquainted with Carvel as they are with the family. Some changes have been made in the characters. Lewis Stone was not the original Judge Hardy. Lionel Barrymore had the role in the film that launched the series, "A Family Affair." Spring Bying-, ton, the "Mrs. Jones" of filmland’s other -famous family,’ was the first | | &Mys: Hardy." ©