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The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer | Year: 1947 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Irving Reis Actors/Actresses: - Cary Grant - Myrna Loy - Shirley Temple The Bachelor & the Bobby-Soxer Plot: Dick finds himself squiring a love-sick teenager, Susan, in order to avoid a tougher sentence. He finds himself doing things that really don't suit his age. Eventually, he gets together with her elder sister, Margaret. This is Cary Grant's 50th movie and his second with Myrna Loy, and the only time he will be directed by Irving Reis. THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER, is an interesting movie, which won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for Sidney Sheldon. Grant plays Richard Nugent, a gentleman painter, who gets caught up in a public disturbance in a nightclub, and appears before Judge Margaret Turner, played by Myrna Loy. His case is dismissed because of lack of evidence. That day Mr. Nugent appears at the local high school where Ms. Turner's sister, Susan, played by Shirley Temple, goes to school and Susan immediately, develops a crush on Nugent, her knight in shining armor. Susan goes to Nugent's apartment under the pretext of getting her portrait painted, and Margaret comes to her rescue, but hits the assistant district attorney and is put in jail. It is decided by Susan's uncle, a psychologist, that in order for Susan to get over Nugent and have his sentence reduced, that he should make a play for Susan. It all comes off so incredibly easy, and in turn Margaret and Richard become attracted to one another. Cary is at his best in playing Richard Nugent and the review from THE NEW YORK TIMES, dated July 25, 1947, states, "The performance of Cary Grant . . . is one of the brightest and sharpest of his many light comedy jobs. Being perhaps the most accomplished looker-askance in films, not to mention fumer and frowner, Mr. Grant has his opportunities here." Cary, "You remind me of a man." TERRIFICALLY CUTE I thought this was a cute classic Cary Grant movie, He can be so funny or sexy and very masculine. He has always been one of my all time favorites. I love Myrna Loy too and of course everyone loves Shirley Temple. I loved the story-line and enjoyed all the characters. Funny, 40's Screwball Comedy The Bachelor & The Bobby Soxer is an amusing, feather-light comedy about a playboy artist (Cary Grant) who to avoid jail is commended by a judge (Myrna Loy) to date her seventeen year old sister (Shirley Temple) who has a major crush on him. The move is made to curb the playboy excesses of Mr. Grant and to help get him out of Ms. Temple's system. Mr. Grant shows off all his comedic skills as he plays up the part by dressing like a teenager, adopts the slang of the day and makes a fool of himself in athletic events. For those use to seeing Ms. Temple as a preteen, will be surprised to see her as almost an adult. Ms. Loy is a bit too icy and stern in her role, but she's such a good actress, you can look past that. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Sidney Sheldon who would go on to create I Dream Of Jeannie and become a best-selling novelist. Buy The Bachelor And The Bobby Soxer at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Bachelor And The Bobby Soxer Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Bachelor And The Bobby Soxer This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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