Watch The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer (1947) Free Online

Release Date: 1947

Cast: Ray Collins, Lillian Randolph, Rudy Vallée, Shirley Temple, Dan Tobin, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Veda Ann Borg, Don Beddoe, Harry Davenport

Categories: Movies, Romantic comedy, Screwball comedy, Black-and-white, Comedy, Farce, Family Film, Romance Film, Slapstick

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 American comedy (with elements of screwball comedy) directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay was written by Sidney Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple in a story about a teenager's crush on an older man. The film was a critical success. Sheldon won an Academy Award for the clever screenplay. Seventeen-year-old Susan Turner (Shirley Temple) develops a crush on Richard Nugent (Cary Grant), a sophisticated bachelor who gives a lecture on art at her high school. Susan's uncle, a psychiatrist, believes Richard is an... MORE

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 American comedy (with elements of screwball comedy) directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay was written by Sidney Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple in a story about a teenager's crush on an older man. The film was a critical success. Sheldon won an Academy Award for the clever screenplay. Seventeen-year-old Susan Turner (Shirley Temple) develops a crush on Richard Nugent (Cary Grant), a sophisticated bachelor who gives a lecture on art at her high school. Susan's uncle, a psychiatrist, believes Richard is an innocent bystander, but manages to persuade him to play along with Susan until the infatuation ends. He reluctantly agrees. When his efforts to shake her off fail, he throws himself into the charade, hoping Susan's older sister Margaret (Myrna Loy) will put an end to the affair. The film ends with Nugent and Margaret falling in love and Susan returning happily to her high school sweetheart, Jerry (Johnny Sands). The New York Times thought the film "most agreeable" with high praise for the four principal performers, the direction and screenplay. The film's screenplay (Best Original Screenplay) won an LESS