The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) on Netflix
Approved19471h 35mComedyRomance
Susan Turner, a student with a crush on the artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment after he lectures at her school. Her sister Margaret, a judge, searches for her.
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- Rotten Tomatoes78%
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Plot summary
Margaret Turner is a judge and the guardian of her younger sister Susan, a 17-year-old high school student who takes up short-lived enthusiasms after hearing the guest lectures at her school. Richard Nugent, an artist, is the speaker one day. Richard has also appeared in Margaret's courtroom, accused by assistant district attorney Tommy Chamberlain of starting a nightclub brawl; she dismissed the case once it emerged that two women had fought over him. Susan becomes infatuated and arranges an interview with Richard for the school paper, then proposes that she model for him. One evening she dresses up, leaves home without telling anyone and lets herself into his apartment.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
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- Sidney Sheldon won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, and he later created I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart and wrote novels including Master of the Game and The Other Side of Midnight.
