Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
It's the cheer leader of the year!
Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money. After passing her entrance exams, Abby goes to college and becomes very popular, especially with a handsome English professor whom Susan has a crush on.
- Date of release
- 1949-03-12
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Lloyd Bacon
Casting
- Loretta Young — Abigail Fortitude Abbott
- Van Johnson — Professor Richard Michaels
- Rudy Vallee — John Heaslip
- Barbara Lawrence — Louise Sharpe
- Robert Arthur — Beaumont Jackson
- Betty Lynn — Susan Abbott
- Griff Barnett — Dean Gillingham
- Kathleen Hughes — Rhoda Adams
- Henri Letondal — Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
- Geneva Gray — Bit Part (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Mother Is a Freshman is a 1949 American technicolor comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Loretta Young, Van Johnson and Rudy Vallée. It was produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design by Kay Nelson.
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