Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Directed by	W. S. Van Dyke
Written by	Aurania Rouverol (characters) Kay Van Riper (screenplay)
Produced by	Lou L. Ostrow
Starring	Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden
Cinematography	Lester White
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Music by	David Snell Edward Ward
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc. [1]
Release date	July 21, 1939 (1939-07-21)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The plot is about Andy Hardy having a crush on his high school drama teacher, Miss Rose Meredith. It is the seventh of sixteen Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney.

Plot

Andy Hardy is upset that his girlfriend, Polly Benedict, has fallen for Lieutenant Charles Copley. Soon, however, Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher, Rose Meredith. After Andy's play is chosen for the school's annual production, he seizes the opportunity to spend time with his spring time crush. Andy's dad, Judge Hardy, knows that his son is destined for heartache, so he talks to the teacher about it. Then, he decides to let Andy and Rose navigate the ups and downs of young love by themselves.

Cast

• Lewis Stone as Judge James K. 'Jim' Hardy
• Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy
• Cecilia Parker as Marian Hardy
• Fay Holden as Mrs. Emily 'Emmy' Hardy
• Ann Rutherford as Polly Benedict
• Sara Haden as Aunt Milly Forrest
• Helen Gilbert as Miss Rose Meredith
• Terry Kilburn as Harmon 'Stickin Plaster' Higginbotham Jr.
• John T. Murray as Don David
• George P. Breakston as 'Beezy' Anderson
• Robert Kent as Lieutenant Copley

References

1. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

External links

• Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever at the TCM Movie Database (archived version)
• Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever at IMDb
• Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever at Rotten Tomatoes