Review of Love Finds Andy Hardy

The fourth go-round for the Hardy family has Emily Hardy (Fay Holden) and Aunt Millie (Betty Ross Clarke) off to visit their mother in Canada because of a stroke. Sister Marian (Cecilia Parker) tries to keep house until the convenient arrival of a cook hired by Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone). In the meantime, Andy (Mickey Rooney) has to figure out how to pay for a used car the "right way" without taking advantage of others. Polly Benedict (Ann Rutherford) is off to her grandmother's for the holidays, and Andy thinks he has figured out how to pay for his used car until he's forced to juggle multiple females, including Polly, Cynthia Potter (a nearly 17 year old Lana Turner), and Betsy Booth (Judy Garland). What a chore! Rooney's energy is more than enough, Garland's charm is abundant, and Turner's allure apparent. Marie Blake, who appears as Augusta the cook, and Raymond Hatton, as Peter Dugan, both had long careers as character actors. George P. Breakston makes his first appearance as "Beezy" Anderson in the series. Judy sings several songs including "What Do You Know About Love", "In-Between", "It Never Rains, But What It Pours", and "Meet The Beat Of My Heart". According to a comment on IMDb, this film was the first appearance of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland together, but that is not true. Thoroughbreds Don't Cry from 1937 was their first co-starring film together. In 2000, the film made the National Film Registry list. *** of 4 Stars.