i own a vhs copy of this film and have watch it several time and it never cease to be delightful . some of the other review be no doubt hamper by be the result of a single viewing or not pay attention . for example and at least two identify shirey temple character a a college student rather than a high schooler . to understand the interpersonal dynamic of the story and let start with two of the great support actor in this film rudy vallee and ray collins . collins play a psychiatrist who do consult work for the criminal justice system and who want to see his niece and a police court judge play by myrna loy and marry . vallee play an assistant district attorney ( ada ) who be romantically interested in loy character but be frustrate by her lack of interest and collins overt hostility . between her career and caring for her teenage sister play by temple and loy be content to spar with vallee but keep him at arm length . for those who be have trouble with the lady judge in the 1940s angle there be a few especially a lot of young male lawyer have go off to the war and leave opportunity for woman in legal career a in other field and loy play a minor court judge and and she have relative in the system ( the aforementioned uncle and another who seem to be a retired judge ) . one also need to know the time to understand that bobby soxer refers to young girl wear sox with the top turn down ( bobbed which mean shorten ) . another historical note at least one reviewer have mention that there be a hint of pedophilia in the relationship between the character play by temple and grant ( mild by comparison to the major and the minor with ray milland and ginger rogers pretend to be 12 ) . this be a somewhat anachronistic view a the trend have be toward raise the legal age of consent and the age for marriage in the two generation that separate u from the time this film be make . the idea of the high school girl and the playboy artist date or marry would have be a bit scandalous in a middle class milieu like this and but it would not necessarily have seem criminal to most folk . so now we come to the silly schoolgirl crush which shirley temple character conceives with regard to the urbane and sophisticated and handsome and and slightly rakish artist play by cary grant . this be a stock element of many romantic comedy . in fact and there be an interesting parallel between shirley daydream that cary grant be a knight in shin armor and the romantic revery of reese witherspoon character in the importance of be earnest . our teen heroine in this movie be a bit of what we would now call a drama queen . we see this not only in her relation to the old artist and but in the way she return to her high school beau talk about how handsome he will be in uniform ( he just get his draft notice ) . when our psychiatrist uncle ( collins ) come up with the idea of have the artist ( grant ) pay court to the bobby soxer ( temple ) till she tire of him and he be play a double even a triple game . he want to put what he consider a real man ( grant ) in close proximity to the judge ( loy ) and he want to irritate the assistant district attorney ( vallee ) whom he expect will suffer by the comparison . the artist accept his unusual form of probation reluctantly and soon begin to see another and and more desirable and side of the judge but each time they begin to get close something intrudes to keep them from acknowledge their feeling . meanwhile and the artist craftily cultivate the friendship of the ex boyfriend to keep him in our bobby soxer company . the scene at the community picnic where the artist and the ada compete ( sack race and such ) for ribbon and and the attention of the judge and be hilarious and especially a our bobby soxer bribe the high school boy to help her artist to beat the ada . and the late scene in the nightclub be also a real winner . the chemistry between grant and loy here be not the great and mr. blandings build his dream house be much well in that department and but they give a good account of themselves a reluctant lover . loy be always fabulous a the straight partner for a physical comic actor which she perfect in over a dozen pairing with william powell ( i love you again and love crazy and the thin man series and etc . ) . through most of this film grant have little scope for his physical comedy ( especially as compare to bring up baby or monkey business ) which be why the picnic sequence really shine and but his facial expression and voice make the most of the limited possibility and especially in the nightclub scene where there be a lot go on in a small space and cary grant still shin . this movie be a bit dated and and i do not think you could make it today with the same charm and innocence . but it be a joy to watch on it own term and i highly recommend it .