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Absolutely Brilliant!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

"The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" is a madcap comedy that earned playwright Sidney Sheldon an Oscar for best original screenplay in 1947. The plot isn't special, but it's quite quirky. And it fits nicely as the frame to enclose a lot of comedy. The screenplay – the script, is what drives this film. "Bobby-Soxer" is filled with one-liners, retorts, and one-oneupmanship quips. Toss in some sight gags and you have a thoroughly enjoyable film. But what really tops this one off is the cast. Each role plays perfectly off the others. And that raises it to the level of riotously funny. At times, I found the dialog almost too fast to catch all the barbs and witticisms. I wonder how many people might have missed some of this film when it was released way back when. Were there fans then who went to the same movies three, or four or more times? Just to catch all the clever dialog they may have missed? This is where DVDs come in handy today. We can back up and replay what we may have missed.This film has two lengthy scenes which are laugh fests – one at a public picnic and one at a night club. Cary Grant, as Dick Nugent, is a master of comedy dialog. Myrna Loy as Judge Margaret Turner is a hoot with her straight face throughout. Rudy Vallee is very funny as Tommy, the jealous assistant D.A. Shirley Temple as Margaret's teenage sister Susan, Ray Collins as Uncle Matt (Dr. Beemish), and Harry Davenport as retired judge Thaddeus all bring much hilarity to their respective roles. The rest of the supporting cast shine as well. Since the script drives the humor in this film, some witty lines may help whet other's appetites. Susan asks Dick about his background. Dick says, "I did suffer. When I was 10, my mother and father had a double suicide pact. They made it. I was sent to an orphanage. Some days they didn't beat me. Then one night, I escaped. I ran away to New York. I used to steal." Susan: "What did you steal?" Dick: "Beg your pardon?" Susan: "What did you steal?" Dick: "Crusts of bread … and things. One time I stole a valise. There were paints and paint brushes inside. So I began to paint. Then they got me. I was sent to a reform school, but I escaped again." Susan: "Go on." Dick: "Back to New York. A wealthy society lady saw my work, fell in love with me and sent me to art school. The rest is history." "Susan: "How wonderful. How terribly wonderful."Susan: "You're going to make me an old maid." Margaret: "Only until you're 18." Susan: "I don't consider geometry a part of life." Margaret: "Mr. Roberts does. He says you're the first student to define a triangle as two women crazy about one man. You know I'd die for you, only sometimes it's very hard living with you."Margaret (on the bench): "It's important that I consider only the evidence presented in this matter. " District attorney: "Very well, your honor." Margaret: "Don't sulk about it." Turning to Dick: "Mr. Nugent, I've met your type before. In fact, I might say I sentence them every day of the week."Susan's high school boyfriend has just enlisted in the Army. Susan: "Well you don't have to make such a big thing about it, Jerry. After all, the war is over." Jerry: "I know, but guns go off by accident sometimes, or a fellow could trip on a bayonet."Susan, to Dick: "Do you know what you are? You're a regular Blackbeard." Margaret: "Bluebeard, dear." Susan: "Well, a rose by any color. " Dick: "Now, everybody's too excited." Tommy: "Nobody's excited." Jerry: "I'd punch you right in the nose if I wasn't afraid you'd break my jaw."When Susan finds out her sister, Margaret is attracted to Dick: "Why not send me to prison and get me out of the way?" Uncle Matt comes into the room: "I couldn't help overhearing – I had my ear to the door." Matt: "A girl her age is entitled to growing pains, isn't she?" Margaret: "Yes, but Susan's growing pains are rapidly become a major disease."Dick goes into his apartment and Matt is there. Dick: "How did you get in here?" Matt: "Well, the door was closed, so I opened it and came right in." Dick: "Well, you can open it again and go right out."Apartment bellboy: "I'm 15." Susan: "I'm 17." Bellboy: "That's okay I like older women."Matt, to Dick in his jail cell: "Well, on the whole, I think you'll find our Western penology system is quite modern." Dick: "Well, that's a load off my mind."Margaret: "Mr. Nugent, I have good news." Dick: "You're going to hang me." Margaret: "I'm afraid I'm the one who ought to be hanged." Dick: "Won't I sit down?" Margaret: "Please do."Margaret: "Please don't have any illusions about this matter. I'm dong this against my better judgment. I would just as soon my sister we're going out with an actor." Matt: "Judge Turner doesn't exactly mean that." Dick: "Oh, I was just wondering." Matt: "She means, as head of a psychiatric clinic, that I've recommended you as a vital therapy measure." Dick: "Hmmm. That's great! Recommended for children!"Margaret: "Thank you! You said that gracefully. Perhaps the result of practice?" Dick: "You said that ungraciously. Perhaps the result of practice?" Margaret: "I had that coming."Margaret: "It's nothing. I'm sure you didn't know she'd be here." Dick: "Are you sure you're sure I didn't know she'd be here?"

A teenage girl (Shirley Temple) develops a crush on an older man (Cary Grant). Her older sister is a judge, played by Myrna Loy. When Temple sneaks into Grant's apartment and places him in trouble with the law, her sister suggests a plea bargain where Grant has to date the teenager in order to cure her of her infatuation. Yeah, the plot is total nonsense but just turn your brain off and enjoy it for what it is. It was made in simpler times. Fun movie with great performances from Grant and Loy. Temple is lots of fun too. Probably her best role post-childhood. I first saw it when I was a teenager and it didn't do much for me. I thought the plot was ridiculously far-fetched. I kept looking at it through modern eyes about how "serious" the theme is when you get right down to it and yet the movie treated it all so lightly. I've seen it a few times since as an adult and I've grown to appreciate it more. Lots of great lines and a generally pleasant tone throughout. It's not my favorite comedy from Grant or Loy but it's a good one.

In this film, Shirley Temple is cast as Myrna Loy's younger teenage sister, and her responsibility since the death of their parents. Myrna Loy plays a judge and she first encounters Cary Grant, who plays a famous artist, when she has set him free after he was charged with assault and battery. He then ends up at Shirley's high school giving a lecture course, and the teenage girl becomes ( unknown to him ) very infatuated with the very handsome artist. When Loy finds out she sentences Grant to keep company with her sister until her crush for him is over. Grant and Loy eventually fall in love with each other and Shirley realizes the middle-aged Grant is more suited for her sister than for her. This 'fun and simple' comedy sounds easy, but the picture got off to a miserable start. Myrna Loy soon discovered playing Shirley Temple's older sister wasn't easy because she had to treat her rather severely on the screen. According to Loy, " You had to be careful in pictures about being to hard on dogs, children and Shirley Temple; otherwise you could really alienate audiences. Cary Grant did not like working with the younger director Irving Reis, and finally one day Grant stormed out in a huff. He went directly to producer Dore Schary and threatened to quit unless Reis was fired. Buckling to the pressure, Schary replaced Reis with himself. Temple takes her first screen drink in The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer, and the president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union protested that Shirley Temple would be doing a disservice to American youth if she drank on screen, on the the grounds she might lure unthinking teenagers to do the same thing. The studio vigorously denied that Shirley actually drank in the film, only takes a sip, makes a face and spurns the cocktail and the WCTU should be satisfied that Shirley spits out the drink. The behind the scenes adventures sound just as comical as the movie itself. Clearly this film survives because of Cary Grant's charm and meticulous sense of comedic timing along with the renewed box-office magic of a beautiful teenage Shirley Temple. Still a delightful comedy and an interesting look back to the 1940s.

I enjoy watching Cary Grant may a fool of himself, he will do what it takes to make a movie funny, but the star of this movie is Myrna Loy, she was in her forties, but she look like she was only in her thirties, and still sexy. he relax way of acting was wonderful to watch, never over acting, therefore she was quite believable, throw in a seventeen year old Shirly Temple, and the other supporting cast and you have a wonderful little movie. I won't spoil it for you, but I would surely recommend this movie for a enjoyable night watching movie. The funniest part of this movie is the race, I could not stop laughing, it was stupid, but rather funny. I think anyone who like Cary Grant and the lovely Myrna Loy will love this movie.