if anyone be labour under the misapprehension that mickey rooney can act and they will have their belief crush in this dreadful work . in fact and the only decent acting ( amongst the major actor ) come from lewis stone and but he look so out of place with the rest of the cast and that at first you think he the bad one . stone delivery be actually very well time and deliver with aplomb and but this doesn not match the rest of the cast and and it be initially easy to put the blame on him and rather than the real perpetrator of the poor delivery . oh yes and i should add that judy garland have considerable talent and but none of them be properly exploit in this filmic dross . 1939 be destine to be her best year ( wizard of oz ) . the script be dire and and worthy only of an essay write by an average 10 year old . in fact and it be often bad and and quite confused . for instance and the scene where rooney be ask stone for money to buy a car be probably the bad bit of write i have ever see on screen . actually and attack of the killer tomato . positively shines and and become worthy of an oscar in comparison . on a more personal level and i do enjoy the inclusion of the ham radio scene and a it be in it infancy in 1938. i find it interest to see that all the procedure and convention have already evolve into much the same form that be still use today . however and i should also add that this do not mean that the actor be up to the task of be convince during the say scene . far from it and in fact . to be fair and the technical value of this film be good and for the time . there be some nice camera angle and the use of light and dark be almost up to the third man standard . unfortunately and the script and act let it down . i have not see any of the other andy hardy film and so i have no way of compare them . now i have see this one and i be a bit loath to wouldip my toe in any of the others . overall and i give this film a negative rating and but i wonder if that should really have be a 1. it be a close run thing .