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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer poster
Directed by
Irving Reis
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 140 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenager has a crush on an older bachelor. The girl's older sister is a judge who must deal with the situation.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulromanticfunnyfast-pacedcharmingsilly

What happens

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (released as Bachelor Knight in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American screwball romantic comedy film directed by Irving Reis and 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. Upon release, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer was received positively by audiences and critics. Sheldon won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the script. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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