Movie Cosmos - The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Description:

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

Top Cast >

Cary Grant

As Richard Nugent

Myrna Loy

As Judge Margaret Turner

Shirley Temple

As Susan Turner

Rudy Vallee

As Tommy Chamberlain

Ray Collins

As Dr. Matt Beemish

Harry Davenport

As Judge Thaddeus Turner

Johnny Sands

As Jerry White

Don Beddoe

As Joey

Lillian Randolph

As Bessie

Veda Ann Borg

As Agnes Prescott

Dan Tobin

As Chester Walters

Ransom M. Sherman

As Judge Treadwell

William Bakewell

As Winters

Irving Bacon

As Melvin

Ian Bernard

As Perry

Carol Hughes

As Florence

William Hall

As Anthony Herman

Gregory Gaye

As Maitre d'Hotel

Bobby Barber

As Birthday Cake Waiter (uncredited)

Brandon Beach

As Man on Dais (uncredited)

Robert Bice

As Policeman at Airport (uncredited)

Robert Bray

As Official at Airline Gate (uncredited)

Ellen Corby

As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

As Faculty Member (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

As Sunset High Coach (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

As Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Charles Halton

As Mr. Mittwick - High School Principal (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

As Mac, Bailiff (uncredited)

Harold Miller

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Garry Owen

As Policeman at Airport (uncredited)

Bob Pepper

As Policeman at Airport (uncredited)

Dore Schary

As Jebby (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

As Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Larry Steers

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Norman Thomson

As Bailiff (uncredited)

Tom Coleman

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

As Faculty Member (uncredited)

William Forrest

As Mr. Baldwin (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

As Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Irving Reis

Director

Mel Berns

Makeup Artist

Nicholas Musuraca

Director of Photography

Carroll Clark

Art Direction

Albert S. D'Agostino

Art Direction

Dore Schary

Producer

Frederic Knudtson

Editor

Nate Levinson

Assistant Director

Robert De Grasse

Director of Photography

James Altwies

Set Decoration

Darrell Silvera

Set Decoration

Edward Stevenson

Costume Design

Leigh Harline

Original Music Composer

C. Bakaleinikoff

Music Director

Russell A. Cully

Special Effects

Clem Portman

Sound

John L. Cass

Sound

Sidney Sheldon

Story, Screenplay

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

Teenage Shirley Temple ("Susan") has become infatuated with the rather rakish artist "Dick Nugent" (Cary Grant). When she manages to talk her way past the bellhop and into his apartment one evening - without him knowing - his life just gets a bit more complicated. You see her elder sister "Margaret" (Myrna Loy) is a judge who happens to be dating the DA (Rudy Vallee) so when they, too, arrive at his apartment we have a bit of a fracas ending with things looking bleak and jail beckoning for poor old "Dick". Luckily for him, though, psychiatrist "Dr. Beemish" (Ray Collins) is on hand and he suggests that the best way to get this man out of the young girl's system would be for the pair to date for a while... What ensues now are some fun escapades as the youngster falls deeper for the older man who starts to fall for the judge, who begins to fall for him much to the chagrin of her DA pal and to cute young Johnny Sands ("Jerry") who has designs on "Susan"... Some of the scenarios are a little contrived, but mostly this is an entertainingly amusing film with good performances (and lovely facial expressions from Grant) from the top three, a quickly paced script and even if I could tell what was going to happen from miles out, I still enjoyed it.

2022-07-07