The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer [VHS]
"You remind me of a man." "What man?" "The man with the power...." Ah,  so you remember the lovely nonsense ofThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer.  This lighter-than-air comedy puts playboy writer Cary Grant in company with  17-year-old schoolgirl Shirley Temple, although he's more interested in older  sister Myrna Loy. (She's as sober as a judge, and indeed is one.) The Oscar®- winning script by future bestselling novelist Sidney Sheldon boasts fun '40s  slang, but the main draw is Grant's willingness to play the fool. His gift for  slapstick shines when his aging bachelor decides to act like an inane teenager  in an effort to burst Shirley's fanciful image of him. As usual, Grant seems to  conspire with the audience (watch his double takes in the background) in making  a somewhat standard movie into a giddy experience. Toss in deadpan Rudy Vallee  as a sappy third wheel, and you've got a near-classic.--Robert Horton