Andy Hardy’s Blonde Trouble 1944

Blonde Trouble picks up from the previous installment of the Andy Hardy saga, opening with Andy Hardy Mickey Rooney on a train to begin his college career at Wainwright College. On board, he meets Kay Wilson Bonita Granville, and learns that Wainwright has just become a coeducational institution. The Dean of Wainwright College, Dr. Standish Herbert Marshall, is also on the train and will later become Andy’s faculty advisor, a fact Andy doesn’t know yet.

Problems begin almost immediately when Andy discovers his father forgot to provide his train ticket. Lyn and Lee Walker, Lyn Wilde and Lee Wilde, are traveling to Wainwright in a private cabin and are on their way to campus as well, but their father believes Lee is visiting her aunt in Vermont. The twins can’t handle the idea of being separated, so they travel together to Wainwright College in hopes of passing themselves off as one student. On the train, and later at Wainwright, the twins pull the switcheroo on Andy, leaving him completely confused by this mysterious blonde’s ever-changing behavior.

After discovering that they have run out of money, the twins coax Andy into giving them a total of $37.95 cash before he realizes that he has been fooled. After classes begin, Andy’s troubles continue to build, causing him to consider quitting college. Before this happens, though, he manages to help the twins out of their trouble, proving his characters’ resilience and his own budding sense of responsibility as he navigates the challenges of a new coeducational environment, friendships, and the expectations that come with starting a higher education journey.