The Courtship of Andy Hardy

So many small problems which grow out of proportions. That's how these Andy Hardy entires work. Harmless moral lessons wrapped around a ton of fun. Donna Reed gets a prominent part playing with Andy's heart in this one and an other sister returns and almost causes scandal with her modern ideas. If you've seen one of these films, you know what you get and The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) was pleasant.

My first Andy Hardy movie, and I wound up liking it after some requisite goofing. Donna Reed's "before" topped her "after," but such are my sensibilities. Smitten by a 40s droop! 'Courtship' veered between harmless and cheesy with the flamboyance of Andy's flivver (that car's a deathtrap), but the charm drew me in. I want to show up in Carvel with a portable fusion reactor and replicator, then settle down and become my own Twilight Zone episode. I'd shirk on my war bond purchasing, though.

13th Hardy film and quite a charmer with Donna Reed