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Mother Is a Freshman (1949)

Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 81 min · Comedy

2.5 TOPICAL score · #6,472 of 6,776 films

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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.

Mother Is a Freshman (1949, directed by Lloyd Bacon) has a TOPICAL score of 2.5 - ranked 6,472 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 9/10 (2 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 7 languages.

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Awards42
Historical impact5
Lasting engagement2
Cast14
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Loretta Young (actor #942), Van Johnson (actor #1,696), Rudy Vallée, Barbara Lawrence

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