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starring: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Hadendirected by: George B. Seitz
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301964067
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6301964063
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: April 01, 1992
Sales Rank: 2579
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: August 15, 1941
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Amazon.com:
Given the namby-pamby reputation of the Andy Hardy series--always thought of as a paradigm for upbeat, Depression-era middle America--this is a film with a surprising mix of tones, as Andy tries life on his own. Having graduated from high school and kissed his girlfriend Polly (Ann Rutherford) goodbye when she left for the summer, Andy has to figure out what to do with his own life. His father wants him to go to college and become a lawyer, but Andy wants to put off college to go work in New York. As an experiment, Andy agrees to spend a summer month in New York working before making his decision--and gets considerable proof that the world is a much starker, tougher place than he'd imagined. Mickey Rooney is very good in this loss-of-innocence performance. Check out his father-son chat with Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), who offers his own arguments for premarital chastity. Judy Garland appears (but doesn't sing) as girl-next-door Betsy Booth. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Life Begins For Andy Hardy
Judy Garland (in her third and final appearance on the Andy Hardy movie) plays Betsy Booth, and though she lost none of her charm, she did lose the childish look she had in "Love Finds Andy Hardy" and replaced it with the more glamorous "Presenting Lily Mars" look.
I think one of the reasons that I don't like "Life Begins For Andy Hardy" as much, would have to be the fact that Judy Garland isn't in very much of the movie. It's all about the problems that a small town boy like Andy (Mickey Rooney) ... Read More
Rating:  - When family films had meaning
This is the best of the Andy Hardy movies, but I should add that "Life Begins for Andy Hardy" isn't a good representation of what made Judy Garland such a big star, so if this (and it goes without saying "The Wizard of Oz") is the only Judy Garland movie you have seen you are missing out big and should watch others. Betsy Booth just may be the sweetest character ever filmed -- that perfect kind of sweet that can't ever be called "saccharine" -- but it isn't as evident here as in earlier Andy Hardy movies. ... Read More
Rating: - Goodbye Miss Booth
Life Begins For Andy Hardy brings us an Andy who has just graduated. He feels the need to prove that he is now a man, so he tells his parents (Lewis Stone and Fay Holden) that he is off to New York accompanied by his friend Betsy Booth (Judy Garland) to get a job and find out what he wants to do with his life. Once there, he meets devious dames (Patricia Dane), hunger, and struggle face to face and learns that living alone isn't as fun as it seems.
Another great addition to the Andy Hardy series, ... Read More
Rating: - 2nd Greatest of The Andy Hardy Films
This installment of the Andy Hardy series proves yet again the utter genius of Louis B. Mayer. He said the Andy Hardy Series were the best films MGM made and he was right. This is my second favorite Andy Hardy film. Band leader Tommy Dorsey's wife Patricia Dane is the beautiful dame who Andy gets mixed up with. The best scene in the movie was her and Mickey Rooney dancing the CONGA. This movie was years ahead of it's time as a coming of age movie for young people in 1941. The scene where Andy Hardy's friend suddenly ... Read More
Rating: - Loved It
I saw an hour and a half of this movie on TCM. I found it very funy and want to see the rest. It started at 11:15 and ended at one. So just 30 minutes to go my mom woke up and told me to go to bed. I loved it! I found the begining to go too fast, but I guess that's because I didn't see any of the others and didn't know the characters. But besides that I loved it!
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