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      Mother Is a Freshman

      Released Mar 12, 1949 1h 21m Romance Comedy List
      Reviews Exploiting a quirk in a scholarship fund, a woman pushing middle age ends up attending college. Widow Abby Abbott (Loretta Young) is stunned to learn that the cash set aside for her daughter's education is about to run dry, so she wrangles a setup that allows them both to enroll in classes. Abby soon takes the university by storm, as her budding relationship with school staffer Richard Michaels (Van Johnson) causes problems at home and in the halls of the school. Read More Read Less

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      Bob Thomas Associated Press Genial fun. Jul 30, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Frances H The way the professor (Van Johnson) treated his new student (Loretta Young) would today be called sexual harassment and would get him fired! A very hokey and outdated flick! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/10/20 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Exploiting a quirk in a scholarship fund, a woman pushing middle age ends up attending college. Widow Abby Abbott (Loretta Young) is stunned to learn that the cash set aside for her daughter's education is about to run dry, so she wrangles a setup that allows them both to enroll in classes. Abby soon takes the university by storm, as her budding relationship with school staffer Richard Michaels (Van Johnson) causes problems at home and in the halls of the school.
      Director
      Lloyd Bacon
      Screenwriter
      Mary Loos, Richard Sale
      Distributor
      20th Century Fox
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 12, 1949, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 17, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 21m