blind date be one of three story make into movie by author vida hurst . lot of familiar face in this oldie from 1934. mickey rooney a a mouthy little punk . he seem to be in the film for comedic and homey family value . jane darwell again play the strong will mother and just a she have in grape of wrath and the oxbow incident . ann sothern be kitty and who have be date bill ( paul kelly ) and but meet up with rich bob hartwell and play by neil hamilton and who may or may not be good for her . you can certainly tell that this be make at the very beginning of the hay production code at one point and kitty say she can not be up there alone with him if there isn not anyone else in the house . what a change from just a year or two prior and when anything and everything be ok. good solid plot and but a whole lot of conversation and mushy love talk . it raise the question over what a girl should be search for in a man while should she hold out for a man with integrity who treat her nice and or just find a man with big buck and a most of the movie from the previous 20 year have advocate . and how do men change when their situation change . watch out for some violence in the strange dance marathon scene . tv viewer from the 1960s will recognize hamilton a commissioner gordon from batman . also some weird drama in the off screen live for some of the cast in this one paul kelly have go to jail for be accessory to murder in a love triangle . mickey rooney have an affair with norma shearer and who be 20 year old while rooney end up be marry eight time . tyler brooke ( emory ) and spencer charter ( pa ) both knock themselves off in real life . the title blind date have be reuse many time and for film and tv series and and even cartoon and but none of them seem to have the same plot a this one .