The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) Directed by Irving Reis
Comedy / Romance
aka: Bachelor Knight
Film Review
Whilst not the most sophisticated of Cary Grant comedies, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is
entertaining enough, in spite of the fact that it features Shirley
Temple in the latter stages of her career as a slightly irksome
teenager, rather than the beguiling little girl of previous
years. Some enjoyable knockabout comedy compensates for the
inconsequential plot, with Grant's attempts to fit in with the teenage
set reaching a peak in an hilarious school sports day event sequence.
Not particularly memorable but fun all the same.
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Film Synopsis
Judge Margaret Turner is alarmed when her precocious 17-year-old sister
Susan takes a sudden liking to forty-something artist Dick
Nugent. When Margaret and the assistant district attorney find
Susan in Dick's apartment, Dick is arrested in the ensuing
fracas. Margaret offers to have Dick released with no charges
brought against him providing he goes on dating Susan. Her theory
is that her sister will lose her infatuation for Dick once she realises
what kind of man he really is. Is she right or will Susan cling
to her knight in shining armour forever...?
Cinematographer: Robert De Grasse, Nicholas Musuraca
Music: Leigh Harline
Cast:Cary Grant (Dick),
Myrna Loy (Margaret),
Shirley Temple (Susan),
Rudy Vallee (Tommy),
Ray Collins (Beemish),
Harry Davenport (Thaddeus),
Johnny Sands (Jerry),
Don Beddoe (Joey),
Lillian Randolph (Bessie),
Veda Ann Borg (Agnes Prescott),
Dan Tobin (Walters),
Ransom M. Sherman (Judge Treadwell),
William Bakewell (Winters),
Irving Bacon (Melvin),
Ian Bernard (Perry),
Carol Hughes (Florence),
William Hall (Anthony Herman),
Gregory Gaye (Maitre d'Hotel),
Bebe Allen (Girl),
Bobby Barber (Birthday Cake Waiter)
Country: USA
Language: English / French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 95 min
Aka:Bachelor Knight
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