A Family Affair | |
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Directed by | George B. Seitz |
Written by | Kay Van Riper Hugo Butler |
Based on | Skidding 1928 play by Aurania Rouverol |
Produced by | Lucien Hubbard Samuel Marx |
Starring | Lionel Barrymore Cecilia Parker Spring Byington Eric Linden Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney |
Cinematography | Lester White |
Edited by | George Boemler |
Music by | David Snell |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $178,000[1] |
Box office | $502,000[1] |
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and based on the 1928 play Skidding by Aurania Rouverol. It was the first of 16 films now known as the Andy Hardy series, although Andy Hardy did not become the main character in the series until several more installments had been made. The film stars Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Mickey Rooney and Charley Grapewin.[2]