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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Dore Schary released in USA on 1 september 1947 with Cary Grant
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
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Add to a movie listThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (released as Bachelor Knight in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American comedy, 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. The film was a critical success. Sheldon won an Academy Award for the screenplay.
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Margaret Turner (Myrna Loy) and Susan Turner (Shirley Temple) are sisters who live together. Susan is an intelligent 17-year-old high-school student with a habit of forming short-lived interests after hearing the regular guest lectures at the school. Margaret is a judge, and Susan's guardian.Actors
Cary Grant
(Richard Nugent)
Myrna Loy
(Judge Margaret Turner)
Shirley Temple
(Susan Turner)
Rudy Vallée
(Tommy Chamberlain)
Harry Davenport
(Judge Thaddeus Turner)
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