Le retour d'André Hardy

Original title: Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958
Approved
1h 20m

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5.9/10

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Mickey Rooney and Teddy Rooney in Le retour d'André Hardy (1958)

Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.

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Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

550

YOUR RATING

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Featured review

5/10

Leaves too many questions unanswered

Like another person who commented, I feel this film leaves too many unanswered questions as to what happened in the years between 1947 and 1958. It was fun to see a few of the original characters (Fay Holden, as Mrs. Hardy, had aged very well!), but the original flavor of the Hardy series was completely lost. The film does come to a satisfying conclusion, however.

One comment regarding archive footage used in the film: I've seen it said repeatedly that the footage of Mickey and Judy was from "Love Finds Andy Hardy", when actually the footage was taken from "Babes in Arms" and adapted with "dubbed-over" names. The footage seems to indicate that Andy and Betsy Booth were more romantically involved than they were in the earlier Hardy films. However, Mickey and Judy are always a treat to watch, whatever the film clip.

Although this film provides some closure, it seems it was intended to begin a new generation of Andy Hardy films; thankfully, film makers left well enough alone after this entry.

pcali
Apr 22, 2003
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Trivia
The flashback showing Andy reminiscing about giving Betsy Booth his music pin is actually a scene from Place au rythme (1939), a non-Hardy series collaboration between Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Rooney was called upon to dub "Betsy"over the name "Patsy," and it's obvious his lips don't match what he says.

Goofs
Andy is showing a fellow passenger on a an airplane his Carvel High yearbook. He mentions Betsy Booth (Judy Garland). Betsy Booth should not have been in the yearbook since she never went to Carvel High.

Quotes
Thomas Chandler: Stop talking like George Washington. Let's be practical.

Crazy credits
Instead of "The End," this film concludes with a title card saying "To Be Continued." But there were no further Hardy films and no continuation.

Alternate versions
Originally, the print ended as Mickey Rooney accepts a judgeship at Carvel and shows him on the judge's bench with the words "to be continued" superimposed on the frame at the end. This is the version currently shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel, but it was for press previews only. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor changed their minds and decided not to continue the series, so the version released to the public simply ended without reference to Andy Hardy becoming a judge.

Connections
Features L'amour frappe André Hardy (1938)

Soundtracks
Lazy Summer Night
(1958)
Music and Lyrics by Harold Spina and Mickey Rooney
Played on a record and sung by an unidentified group at Beezy's party