The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

"Rollicking Romantics!"

1947 1h 35m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 143

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

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Cast

Cary Grant
Richard
Myrna Loy
Margaret
Shirley Temple
Susan
Rudy Vallee
Tommy
Ray Collins
Beemish
Harry Davenport
Thaddeus
Johnny Sands
Jerry
Don Beddoe
Joey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Irving Reis
Writers: Sidney Sheldon, Sidney Sheldon
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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79 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Irving Reis, shot by Nicholas Musuraca. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Leigh Harline. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Frederic Knudtson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Cary Grant and Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Rollicking Romantics!".

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IMDB entry: tt0039169 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Irving Reis directs. Nicholas Musuraca behind the camera. Leigh Harline scores. Frederic Knudtson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
279 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Irving Reis, shot by Nicholas Musuraca. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Leigh Harline. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Frederic Knudtson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Cary Grant and Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Rollicking Romantics!".
8IMDB entry: tt0039169 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nicholas Musuraca
Original score: Leigh Harline
Editing: Frederic Knudtson
Costume design: Edward Stevenson
Makeup / hair: Mel Berns
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,961,000
Box office: $5,550,000
Return: 283% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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CinemaSerf2022-07-07
★ 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.

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