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Mother Is a Freshman

Play trailer Poster for Mother Is a Freshman Released Mar 12, 1949 1h 21m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

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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 A very hokey and outdated flick!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
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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
Producer
Walter Morosco
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