Editing Andy Hardy (section)

==Theatre==
The Hardy family first appeared in [[Aurania Rouverol]]'s play ''Skidding'', which debuted on May 21, 1928, at the [[Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1917)|Bijou Theatre]] and ran until July 1929.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aurania Rouverol – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/aurania-rouverol-4372|access-date=2020-07-11|website=IBDB}}</ref> The original cast included [[Carleton Macy]] as Judge Hardy, Clara Blandick as Mrs. Hardy, [[Charles Eaton (American actor)|Charles Eaton]] as Andy, Joan Madison as Myra, and [[Marguerite Churchill]] as Marion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Skidding Original Broadway Cast - 1928 Broadway|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/cast.php?showid=315900|access-date=2020-07-11|website=www.broadwayworld.com}}</ref> [[Samuel Marx]] recommended to MGM that the play be adapted into a film.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Lertzman|first1=Richard A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hrz_BgAAQBAJ|title=The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney|last2=Birnes|first2=William J.|date=2015-10-20|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-5011-0098-7|language=en}}</ref>