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Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Mary Loos, Richard Sale
In Theaters:3/12/1949
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Runtime:81 minutes
Studio:20th Century Fox
Cast
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Loretta Young
Abigail Fortitude Abbott
Van Johnson
Professor Richard Michaels
Rudy Vallee
John Heaslip
Barbara Lawrence
Louise Sharpe
Robert Arthur
Beaumont Jackson
Betty Lynn
Susan Abbott
Griff Barnett
Dean Gillingham
Kathleen Hughes
Rhoda Adams
Henri Letondal
Prof. Romaine (uncredited)
Geneva Gray
Bit Part (uncredited)
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