Judge Hardy's Children follows the Hardy family to Washington, DC. It's the third movie in the series, and there are a few references to the previous movie's vacation to Catalina. Mickey Rooney vows he's learned his lesson about falling for bad girls, and Cecilia Parker has made up with her boyfriend Robert Trent after her brief dalliance. Lewis Stone, as head of the household, is offered a first-row seat to a political court deal, but the offer seems too good to be true, as his wife Fay Holden is quick to warn him. Once the family is at the nation's capital, everyone gets into their usual amount of trouble.
In one of their classic "man to man" talks, Mickey asks his father if he was as girl-crazy when he was young. "I want to kiss all the pretty girls. Do you think I'm normal?" The usually stoic dad who always knows what to say become so overcome with the urge to laugh, he actually covers his face with his hands. When he lowers his hands, he still can't cover up his smirk as he says, "Yes, you're normal." As you might suspect, Mickey leaves behind Ann Rutherford when he goes on another vacation and falls for the first skirt who gives him the eye. Jacqueline Laurent is the French ambassador's daughter, but is she batting her eyelashes for the wrong reasons? And is Cecilia Parker getting too involved in politics for her own good? As usual, Lewis takes on the burdens of his children's problems, and when they grow out of control, his integrity, social standing, and entire career come into jeopardy. What will happen to Judge Hardy? You'll have to watch this installment, which is one of the best ones, to find out. As a bonus, it was filmed on location, so you'll see the movie stars frolicking around all the monuments!
