Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on December 1, 2016

It sounds like an icky premise. A playboy artist is forced by a judge to play along with the teenage crush of the judge's 17-year-old sister; comedy ensues. Thankfully, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a joyful and hilarious film that is handled expertly by the likes of Cary Grant...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on February 11, 2014

Classic film fans are mourning the loss of star Shirley Temple today.  In her honor, I’m reposting one of my favorite movies starring her, with additional reviews of her work coming in March.   The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is worth remaking today, and by the same token it’s witnessed   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on July 11, 2013

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is worth remaking today, and by the same token it’s witnessed in every film made in Hollywood currently.  The tale of an older man being forced to date a teenage girl could easily slip into dark and disturbing territory, but with loveable leading man Cary...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on August 31, 2012

One thinks of Shirley Temple as a perpetual child, tap dancing her little heart out in those short dresses and pin curls. It comes as something of a surprise, then, to see her as a teenager in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), but it's a pleasant surprise. She's a...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on August 31, 2012

One thinks of Shirley Temple as a perpetual child, tap dancing her little heart out in those short dresses and pin curls. It comes as something of a surprise, then, to see her as a teenager in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), but it's a pleasant surprise. She's a...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on August 31, 2012

One thinks of Shirley Temple as a perpetual child, tap dancing her little heart out in those short dresses and pin curls. It comes as something of a surprise, then, to see her as a teenager in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), but it's a pleasant surprise. She's a...   read more