A Family Affair (1937 film)

A Family Affair 1937 is 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.

Judge Hardy Lionel Barrymore hopes to be reelected, but his campaign is put in jeopardy by his opposition of a wasteful public works program. In Carvel a small, idealized American town lives the Hardy family of Judge James K Hardy, wife Emily and teenage son Andy Mickey Rooney. Judge Hardy Lionel Barrymore is well admired and respected. However his chances for being reelected as Judge are threatened when he blocks the construction of a 30,000,000 aqueduct.Spurned, contractor Hoyt Wells and newspaper publisher Frank Redmond swear to block his reelection campaign. Frank agrees to use his paper, The Carvel Star to publish disparaging stories about the family. ........

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