Discussion of "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) is an American screwball comedy-romance directed by Irving Reis and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple. The supporting cast includes Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Henry Davenport, Veda Ann Borg, Johnny Sands, and Lillian Randolph. The screenplay, written by Sidney Sheldon, won an Academy Award for Best Writing Original Screenplay. It was the only Academy Award nomination for the film.

Richard Nugent (Grant), a carefree and charming artist who finds himself in legal trouble after being accused of corrupting a minor. The accuser is the stern and elegant Judge Margaret Turner (Loy), whose younger sister, Susan (Temple), has developed a fierce crush on Richard. Susan's infatuation, sparked by his magazine photo, leads to a series of chaotic misunderstandings that land Richard in Margaret's courtroom.

In a fit of frustrated fury and a desire to teach her sister a lesson, Margaret sentences Richard to "rehabilitate" Susan by pretending to be her boyfriend until her teenage crush fades away.

What could go wrong?

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