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Watching 1939: The Hardys Ride High (1939)

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In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, that’s difficult. 

THE HARDYS RIDE HIGH, Mickey Rooney, Ann Rutherford, Cecilia Parker, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, 1939

1939 film: The Hardys Ride High (1939)

Release date:  April 21, 1939

Cast: 
Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Virginia Grey, Minor Watson, John ‘Dusty’ King, Marsha Hunt, Donald Briggs, William T. Orr, John T. Murray, Halliwell Hobbes, George Irving

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director:  George B. Seitz

Plot:
Judge Hardy (Stone) learns he is the heir to 2 million dollars. The Hardy family travels to Detroit to prove and claim the inheritance. The disinherited Philip ‘Phil’ Westcott (King) puts up a fight for the money, especially because he has to leave the family mansion.

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Watching 1939: Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

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In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, that’s difficult.

1939 film: Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

Release date: Dec. 22, 1939

Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, June Preisser, Maria Ouspenskaya, Henry Hull, Martha O’Driscoll, Leona Maricle, Margaret Early, George P. Breakston, Egon Brecher

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director: George B. Seitz

Plot: An older couple (Ouspenskaya, Brecher) come to Judge Hardy (Stone) for help when they are about to be evicted from their home. Judge Hardy enlists the help of his son, Andy (Rooney), to find the couple’s daughter. The Hardys also encounter other troubles: Mrs. Hardy falls ill, Andy is in hock up to his ears and tries to con his way into making money.

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