Mother Is A Freshman.

A youthful widow joins her teen-aged daughter at college, where the two become rivals in the pursuit of an English professor.

Abby Abbot (Loretta Young) lives in New York City together with her teenage daughter Susan (Betty Lynn) They support themselves with money from a trust fund started by her late husband. An attorney by the name John Heaslip (v) handles the placement of the money, and he sees to it that payment is made every three years. He is also romantically interested in Abby, but she has consistently rejected his proposals to marry her.

Credits

Cast
Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallée

Copyright

Complete catalog record
MOTHER IS A FRESHMAN. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1949. 83 min., sd., color, 35mm. Based on a story by Raphael Blau. Summary: A youthful widow joins her teen-aged daughter at college, where the two become rivals in the pursuit of an English professor. Credits: Producer, Walter Morosco; director, Lloyd Bacon; screenplay, Mary Loos, Richard Sale; music director, Alfred Newman; film editor, William Reynolds. Cast: Loretta Young, Van Johnson, Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence, Robert Arthur. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 8Mar49; LP2259.

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q3818197 ↗ — country
  3. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright