Mother Is a Freshman (1949)

9.0/10 • 81 min • Comedy

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.

Cast

Loretta Young

Abigail Fortitude Abbott

Van Johnson

Professor Richard Michaels

Rudy Vallee

Barbara Lawrence

Robert Arthur

Beaumont Jackson

Betty Lynn

Griff Barnett

Dean Gillingham

Kathleen Hughes

Henri Letondal

Prof. Romaine (uncredited)

Geneva Gray

Bit Part (uncredited)

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