like most romantic comedy and the premise of the bachelor and the bobby soxer really isn not on the firm of ground ( though why watch a film if you want full blown reality . ) . myrna loy play serious mind judge margaret turner and who always pay strict attention to the fact in every situation ( personal or professional ) . she have guardianship of her young sister susan ( shirley temple ) and a hormonal young girl who develop an instant crush on a roguish art lecturer richard nugent ( cary grant ) when he give a lecture at her school . in order to help her get over this crush and margaret urge by her uncle matt ( ray collins ) gently blackmail richard into be susan beau until the crush wear off . what ensue be a delightful comedy of error a richard squire susan around town and while struggle to deal with an assistant district attorney ( the suitably uptight rudy vallee ) and susan own ex boyfriend jerry ( johnny sand ) a he fall in love with margaret ( and vice versa ) . it really do seem almost impossible for a film to get any cuter or more feel good than the bachelor and the bobby soxer . first of all and much of the comedy be fantastic from susan starry eye image of dickie a a ( literal . ) knight in shin armour and through to her attempt to pass herself off a both dick mother and margaret sister when try to help dick escape from jail . the din scene at the club be brilliant fun and especially a more and more people arrive at the table to disrupt dick and margaret privacy . watch cary grant reaction in this scene truly a fantastic comedic performance that have and thankfully and be capture on film to the great benefit of future generation . while ) you just can not help laugh throughout the film at susan misguided passion for dick and dick helpless bewilderment when he get land in jail for nothing he can remember and the attempt at matchmaking uncle matt subtly try to pull off etc . secondly and the cast itself be excellent . there be no good ( or more under rat ) comic actor than cary grant and and he lend his considerable talent and boundless charm to the character without reservation . it always the little throwaway touch that count with grant performance and tiny thing that make him appear so natural on the screen and and his dick nugent be remarkably true to life . i especially love it when dick trade his car in and turn up his trouser cuff to act young around the turner . ( you remind me of a man . ) myrna loy be delightful as well and though woefully under use . it not hard to believe her a a fully professional and modern woman ( surely female judge must have be very rare at the time . ) while nor be it difficult to believe that the judge might have a sweeter and human side . ( though who wouldn not be convince when ask to fall in love with cary grant . ) it a shame that there aren not more love scene between grant and loy and a they doubtlessly have great chemistry together . a for shirley temple there be just no deny how cute she be and and how well she play the role of the flighty and passionate susan . it not an easy role to play and give how the character a write be really rather annoy . temple make susan sweet and more tolerable and and she definitely hold her own in the company of grant and loy . the only problem with the film and give it great cast and very funny script and be that the comedic element triumph at the expense of the romantic . there aren not half a many scene between grant and loy a i would personally have like and and although loy herself be very convincing in her portrayal of margaret you really do believe that her character have fall for grant it certainly isn not with the help of the script . the film really belong to grant and temple and both of whom get to show off their comic talent to great effect . while loy make an excellent straight ( wo ) man and it really be a shame that we do not get to see more of her and or more of her character interact with grant . all in all and great fun and great laugh and great cast . the great romance . well and that would probably have to come from another film . that say and the bachelor and the bobby soxer be still definitely a film that well worth the watch .