Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Garland, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Diana Lewis, Tom Neal, George P. Breakston, Addison Richards, George Lessey
The Hardy family (Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) visits New York City where Andy's friend, Betsy (Judy Garland), introduces him to a debutante (Diana Lewis). Andy falls in love with her–briefly–and then realizes his true love is back home.
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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble 1944 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville, Herbert Marshall, Jean Porter, Keye Luke, Lee Wilde, Lyn Wilde, Jackie Moran, Tommy Dix
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is still in college and getting into trouble when identical twin girls (Lee Wilde and Lyn Wilde) catch his eye. It doesn't take long before Andy finds himself in deep trouble at which point his father, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), steps in and straightens out his son.
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Andy Hardy's Double Life 1942 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Esther Williams, William Lundigan, Susan Peters, Robert Blake, Arthur Space, Addison Richards
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is ready to leave home for college, but he, as always, has girl problems. This time, Polly (Ann Rutherford) and her friend, Sheila (Esther Williams), teach him a lesson or two. This film marks Esther Williams' film debut. Also, look for Robert Blake in a bit part.
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary 1941  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Ian Hunter, Kathryn Grayson, George P. Breakston, Todd Karns, Addison Richards, Gene Reynolds, Margaret Early
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) has failed his final exam, so it looks like he will not be graduating from high school. But, Andy has hired a social secretary (Kathryn Grayson) who now offers to help Andy study. He does well on his second test, and all ends happily.
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy 1942 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Donna Reed, William Lundigan, Frieda Inescort, George P. Breakston, Harvey Stephens, Betty Wells
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) is handling a divorce case when he asks son Andy (Mickey Rooney) to date the divorcing couple's daughter, Melodie (Donna Reed)–an act he believes will help Melodie gain popularity and aid in her parents' reconciliation. Of course, complications ensue.
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Drums of Jeopardy 1931  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mark of Terror
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Warner Oland, June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes, Clara Blandick, Hale Hamilton, Ernest Hilliard, Wallace MacDonald, George Fawcett, Florence Lake, Mischa Auer, Ann Brody, Murdock MacQuarrie
The crazed Dr. Boris Karlov (Warner Oland) travels across Czarist Russia and into the United States as he attempts to take revenge on the Petrov family who he believes is responsible for his own daughter's untimely death.
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A Family Affair 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Charley Grapewin, Spring Byington, Julie Haydon, Sara Haden, Allen Vincent, Selmer Jackson, Harlan Briggs, Margaret Marquis
This, the first in a series of 15 Andy Hardy films, stars Lionel Barrymore and Spring Byington as Judge and Mrs Hardy. Their roles would be taken over by Lewis Stone and Fay Holden in following films. This story provides a sentimental view of American life in small towns during the Great Depression.
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The Hardys Ride High 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Virginia Grey, Minor Watson, John "Dusty" King, Don Castle, John T. Murray, Halliwell Hobbes
Members of the Hardy family (Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, and Cecilia Parker) experience problems adjusting when they inherit a large estate. They move to Detroit where Andy falls for a Chorus girl, but life returns to normal when it is learned that the inheritance was a mistake.
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Judge Hardy and Son 1939 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Ann Rutherford, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, June Preisser, Maria Ouspenskaya, Martha O'Driscoll, Leona Maricle, Henry Hull, George P. Breakston
An elderly couple faces eviction from their home when Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) steps in and attempts to find their missing daughter. Meanwhile, his teenage son Andy (Mickey Rooney) suffers romantic problems. But when wife/mother Emily Hardy (Fay Holden) becomes seriously ill, her problems take over and draw the family closer together.
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Judge Hardy's Children 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Betty Ross Clarke, Robert Whitney, Jacqueline Laurent, Ruth Hussey, Jonathan Hale, Janet Beecher, Leonard Penn
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) takes his family (Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) along on a business trip to Washington, D.C., and, of course, romantic flings involving the Hardy kids ensue.
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The Last Frontier 1926  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: William Boyd, Marguerite De La Motte, Jack Hoxie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Frank Coghlan Jr., Mitchell Lewis, Gladys Brockwell, Frank Lackteen
Government scout Tom Kirby (William Boyd) and Western legend Buffalo Bill Cody (Jack Hoxie) lead a wagon train through Indian territory when they are attacked. Beth, who was saved by Kirby though her parents were killed, is taken in by a crooked trader (Mitchell Lewis). When the Indians attack the town with a buffalo stampede, Kirby, with assorted Western heroes, arrives to take care of the situation. Remade as a serial in 1932.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1936  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel, Philip Reed, Robert Barrat, Hugh Buckler, Willard Robertson, Lumsden Hare, William Stack, Frank McGlynn Sr., Will Stanton, William V. Mong, Art Dupuis
This is an excellent, exciting rendition of James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, with Randolph Scott in perhaps his best work as Hawkeye. During the French and Indian War, Hawkeye escorts the two daughters–Alice and Cora Munro (Binnie Barnes and Heather Angel) of the commander of a fort through hostile territory accompanied by the last two survivors of the Mohican tribe Uncas (Philip Reed) and Chingachgook (Robett Barrat).
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Life Begins for Andy Hardy 1941  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Patricia Dane, Ray McDonald, George P. Breakston, Pierre Watkin, Tommy Kelly, Joseph Crehan
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) has graduated from high school and convinces his father, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), that he may go to New York City to spend the summer and learn more about the world. Andy's pal, Betsy Booth (Judy Garland), keeps an eye on things and even reports back to Judge Hardy on Andy's activities. It turns out that Andy is NOT ready for life in the big city, and Judge Hardy and Betsy convince him to return home.
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 Love Finds Andy Hardy 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Lana Turner, Ann Rutherford, Betty Ross Clarke, Marie Blake, Don Castle, Raymond Hatton, George P. Breakston
In this teen romance, Andy's (Mickey Rooney) girlfriend Polly (Ann Rutherford) is going to miss the country club Christmas party because of plans to visit her grandmother. Andy's friend Beezy (George P. Breakston) is going to be out of town also and pays Andy to take his girlfriend, Cynthia (Lana Turner), to the party. But, those plans fall through. Now, the girl visiting next door, Betsy (Judy Garland), is Andy's date. She sings two songs at the party, and Andy is smitten. But, by story's end, Andy is back with Polly.
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Out West with the Hardys 1938 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Don Castle, Virginia Weidler, Gordon Jones, Ralph Morgan, Nana Bryant, Tom Neal
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), with family (Fay Holden, Celia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) in tow, heads to an Arizona ranch to help Dora Northcote (Nana Bryant) with her legal problems. Once there, family members manage to find their own set of problems with which to deal.
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You're Only Young Once 1937 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Frank Craven, Ann Rutherford, Eleanor Lynn, Ted Pearson, Sara Haden, Charles Judels, Selmer Jackson, Oscar O'Shea
When the Hardy family (Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Mickey Rooney, and Cecilia Parker) visits the island of Catalina on their vacation, romance is a certainty.
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| 1. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
2. Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
3. Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
4. Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
5. The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
6. Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
aka: Mark of Terror
7. A Family Affair (1937)
8. The Hardys Ride High (1939)
9. Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
10. Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
11. Kind Lady (1936)
12. The Last Frontier (1926)
13. The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
14. Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
15. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
16. Out West with the Hardys (1938)
17. You're Only Young Once (1937)
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