Mother Is a Freshman

Mother Is a Freshman

Director: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
, Loretta Young
Loretta Young
, Betty Lynn
Betty Lynn
, Van Johnson
Van Johnson
Lloyd Bacon
Mother Is a Freshman

Mother Is a Freshman

Director: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
, Loretta Young
Loretta Young
, Betty Lynn
Betty Lynn
, Van Johnson
Van Johnson
Lloyd Bacon

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Overview

The same studio that brought forth Father Was a Fullback was responsible for Mother is a Freshman. Loretta Young stars as Abbigail Abbott, the widowed mother of coed Susan Abbott (Betty Lynn). In order to legally validate Susan's scholarship fund (a legacy of her late grandmother), Abigail enrolls in the university as a freshman. Here she is wooed by Professor Richard Michaels (Van Johnson)--much to Susan's dismay, since she'd set her cap for the professor herself. Rudy Vallee reprises the "stuffy middle-aged suitor" characterization he'd essayed in such previous comedies as The Palm Beach Story and Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. Mother is a Freshman afforded audiences the opportunity of glimpsing 20th Century-Fox's familiar "college campus" sets in full Technicolor (these standing sets were also seen in black & white in such 1949 releases as Mr. Belvedere Goes to College and It Happens Every Spring).

Product Details

Release Date: 10/16/2012
UPC: 0024543842101
Original Release: 1949
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Presentation: [Full Frame]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:20:00
Sales rank: 27,074

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Loretta Young Abigail "Abby" Fortitude Abbott
Betty Lynn Susan
Van Johnson Prof. Richard Michaels
Rudy Vallee Prof. John Heaslip
Barbara Lawrence Louise Sharpe
Robert Arthur Beaumont Jackson
Griff Barnett Dean Gillingham
Kathleen Hughes Rhoda Adams
Eddie Dunn George
Claire Meade Mrs. Gillingham
Henri Letondal Prof. Romaine
Virginia Brissac Miss Grimes
Charles Lane Mr. De Haven
Kathryn Card Mrs. Grammerton
Richard Taylor Butch
Marietta Canty Beulah
Debra Paget Linda
Buster Phelps Jack
Mickey Finn Joe Granite
Ruth Tobey June Walker
Robert Patten Young Man
Gene Evans Man
George Mathews Cab Driver
Pat Combs Cab Driver
Marion Colby Bit Girl
Geneva Gray Bit Girl
John Miles College Student
Roger McGee College Student
Nelson King College Student
Richard Clayton College Student
Richard Dumas College Student
Lee MacGregor College Student

Technical Credits
Lloyd Bacon Director
Walter Morosco Producer
Fred Sersen Special Effects
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