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A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and based on the 1928 play Skidding by Aurania Rouverol. It was the first of 16 films now known as the Andy Hardy series, although Andy Hardy did not become the main character in the series until several more installments had been made.
Judge Hardy navigates work pressures from town elites seeking his removal, relationship issues involving his daughters Joan and Marion, and son Andy's interest in Polly Benedict, offering guidance amid family conflicts with composure.
In the first Hardy Family film, a small-town judge fights for re-election while dealing with family problems.
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.
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.
A Family Affair is the reverse Simpsons. You know how that show was originally organized around Bart Simpson, but slowly became focused on dim-witted Homer? Well, here we have sharp-witted Judge Hardy lightly upstaged by his rascally son Andy, played by Mickey Rooney when he only about 17 years old.
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.
