Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)

Directed by

Hugh Bennett

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 06m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy gets involved with a local Boy Scout troop. He helps them prepare for a big event while dealing with typical small-town mishaps.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatnostalgicplayfulfamily-friendlyeasygoingcheerfulwarm

What happens

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Hugh Bennett and written by Muriel Roy Bolton and Agnes Christine Johnston. Ninth in a series of 11 films made between 1939 and 1944 about the Aldrich family and their irrepressible teenage son, Henry, played by Jimmy Lydon, it also stars Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney, Joan Mortimer, David Holt, and Minor Watson. Released on January 13, 1944, by Paramount Pictures, it was the first feature film to be made in cooperation with the Boy Scouts of America, who provided a technical advisor to the studio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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