That bouncy children's march from "The Private War of Major Benson" is back for another Tim Hovey movie where he's a fatherless child in a boarding school, as his mother (Laraine Day) lives in New York, working for an advertising agency. Her coworker, Jeff Chandler, shows up at Hovey's school, and the young boy lies that Chandler is his father. After being slyly manipulated by the adorable little boy, Chandler agrees to continue the charade, eventually taking the kid into his heart just as Hovey did with Chandler, desperately wishing that Chandler was his pop.
A sentimental light drama with occasional comical moments, this is more sweet than funny, although the presence of a staff member of the school who can do animal impressions does get some real gut busting laughs. The film focuses more on Hovey and Chandler than Day whom no one expects to find romance with Chandler. Cecil Kellaway and Richard Haydn are quite droll as the brothers who run the school. Charming but generic and predictable.
A sentimental light drama with occasional comical moments, this is more sweet than funny, although the presence of a staff member of the school who can do animal impressions does get some real gut busting laughs. The film focuses more on Hovey and Chandler than Day whom no one expects to find romance with Chandler. Cecil Kellaway and Richard Haydn are quite droll as the brothers who run the school. Charming but generic and predictable.