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Mother Is a Freshman is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon released in USA on 12 march 1949 with Loretta Young
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
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Add to a movie listMother Is a Freshman is a 1949 comedy motion picture directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Loretta Young and Van Johnson.
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design by Kay Nelson.
Synopsis
Abby Abbot (Loretta Young) lives in New York City together with her teenage daughter Susan (Betty Lynn). They support themselves with money from a trust fund started by her late husband. An attorney by the name John Heaslip (v) handles the placement of the money, and he sees to it that payment is made every three years. He is also romantically interested in Abby, but she has rejected hs proposals to marry her consistently. Since Abby has already spent all her money from the current lump sum, John informs her that she will have to wait another year for the next payment.Actors
Loretta Young
(Abigail Fortitude Abbott)
Van Johnson
(Professor Richard Michaels)
Debra Paget
Rudy Vallée
(John Heaslip)
Barbara Lawrence
(Louise Sharpe)
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