Commentary
There are countless movies and TV shows about blended families whose children aren’t happy about their parents’ remarriage. “Young Ideas” from 1943 is one of these movies, but it’s unusual in that the offspring in its story are young adults rather than children.
This movie stars Mary Astor as the mother, Herbert Marshall as her new husband, Susan Peters as her daughter, and Elliot Reid as her son. Richard Carlson, a popular leading man in mostly smaller films before World War II who is now all but forgotten, plays the love interest for Miss Peters’s character.
“Young Ideas” is also a college movie, but it focuses more on the professors and their personal lives than the students. It’s a short film, lasting only 77 minutes, but it’s lots of fun while it lasts. This cute little movie is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video, or it can also be purchased on DVD….