Listen, Darling (1938)

A young girl (Judy Garland) and her best pal (Freddie Bartholomew) will do anything to stop her widowed mother (Mary Astor) from entering a loveless marriage with the town's fuddy duddy banker (Gene Lockhart) ... including kidnapping her! Directed by Edwin L. Marin (TALL IN THE SADDLE). Corny as Kansas in August but perfectly delightful! It's all such nonsense but so likable that you just go with the flow. Garland sings a few songs including the lovely Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart which became one of the standards in her repertoire. Alas, talented young Freddie Bartholomew (just 14 years old here) never made the transition from child to adult star which is a pity. With Walter Pidgeon, Alan Hale and Scotty Beckett.