Mother Is a Freshman

Mar 12, 1949

1h 21m

★ 8.0

It's the cheer leader of the year!

Overview

Widow Abby Abbott is having serious money problems and has to dip into the family trust in order to pay for her daughter Susan's college tuition. The catch: Abby must also become a co-ed or she can't touch the money. After passing her entrance exams, Abby goes to college and becomes very popular, especially with a handsome English professor whom Susan has a crush on.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Abigail Fortitude Abbott

Loretta Young

Professor Richard Michaels

Van Johnson

John Heaslip

Rudy Vallee

Louise Sharpe

Barbara Lawrence

Beaumont Jackson

Robert Arthur

Susan Abbott

Betty Lynn

Dean Gillingham

Griff Barnett

Rhoda Adams

Kathleen Hughes

Prof. Romaine (uncredited)

Henri Letondal

Bit Part (uncredited)

Geneva Gray

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