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A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz. It was the first of 16 movies now known as the Andy Hardy series, though Andy Hardy, played by Mickey Rooney, did not become the main character in the series until a few more installments had been made.
With Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Mickey Rooney. Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son Andy discovers Polly Benedict.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- George B. Seitz
- 1937-03-12
A Family Affair (1937) has the distinction of being the first film in what became the wildly popular Hardy Family series for MGM. The plot centers on Judge James Hardy (Lionel Barrymore) and his family as he faces political opposition from the town citizens during his re-election.
- George B. Seitz, James Dugan
- Lionel Barrymore
A Family Affair. Judge James K. Hardy (Lionel Barrymore) causes an uproar in the small Midwestern town of Carvel when he issues a temporary order restraining the building of a nearby aqueduct.
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- George B. Seitz
- Comedy
- Lionel Barrymore
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A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy film and the first entry in the sixteen Andy Hardy film series, though Mickey Rooney has a secondary role as the son of Judge Hardy, played by Lionel Barrymore. Lewis Stone and Fay Holden replaced Lionel Barrymore and Spring Byington as Judge and Mrs. Hardy in the subsequent films of the series.
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Based on Aurania Rouveyrol's Broadway play Skidding, A Family Affair is a gentle comedy/drama centering around the Hardy family of Carvel (a small, idealized American town). Judge Hardy (Lionel Barrymore) hopes to be re-elected, but his campaign is put in jeopardy by his opposition of a wasteful public works program.
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