Life Begins for Andy Hardy
6.7
“Mickey woos! Judy sings! Best Hardy hit yet!”
With his high school graduation behind him, Andy Hardy decides that as an adult, it's time to start living his life. Judge Hardy had hoped that his son would go to college and study law, but Andy isn't sure that's what he wants to do so he heads off to New York City to find a job. Too proud to accept any help from Betsy Booth, Andy finds that living on his own isn't so easy. With perseverance he eventually finds a job and even gets to date the pretty receptionist in his office. He also has to face several of life's lessons leading him to conclude that he may still have a bit of growing up to do.
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Part of Andy Hardy Collection
16 films
A Family Affair
Movie · 1937
You're Only Young Once
Movie · 1937
Judge Hardy's Children
Movie · 1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Movie · 1938
Out West with the Hardys
Movie · 1938
The Hardys Ride High
Movie · 1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Movie · 1939
Judge Hardy and Son
Movie · 1939
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie · 1940
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie · 1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Movie · 1941
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie · 1942
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Movie · 1942
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie · 1944
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Movie · 1946
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Movie · 1958
Cast
11 people
Lewis Stone
Judge Hardy
Known for
The Lost World
Grand Hotel
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
Night at the Museum
Judy Garland
Betsy Booth
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
Meet Me in St. Louis
Fay Holden
Emily Hardy
Known for
Samson and Delilah
Canyon Passage
Ann Rutherford
Polly Benedict
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Sara Haden
Milly Forrest
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
She-Wolf of London
Patricia Dane
Jennitt Hicks
Known for
Johnny Eager
Ray McDonald
Jimmy Frobisher
Also in
Good News
Babes on Broadway
Bess Flowers
Secretary
Known for
Monkey Business
The Bigamist
Lester Matthews
Maddox
Known for
The Raven
Werewolf of London
John Eldredge
Paul McWilliams
Known for
Dangerous
Invaders from Mars
George B. Seitz Director · Agnes Christine Johnston Writer Lester White Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $401K · United States release August 15, 1941
Box office
Budget
$401,000
Worldwide gross
$2,494,000
Gross vs. budget
6.2×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 15, 1941
Theatrical
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