What a Life

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

• Theodore ReedDirector
• Billy WilderScreenplay
• Charles BrackettScreenplay
• John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer

• Jackie CooperHenry Aldrich
• Betty FieldBarbara Pearson
• John HowardMr. Nelson
• Hedda HopperMrs. Aldrich
• Lionel StanderFerguson
• Janice LoganMiss Shea
• Vaughan GlaserJ.C. Bradley
• Dorothy StickneyMiss Wheeler
• James CornerGeorge Bigelow
• Kathleen LockhartMiss Pike
• Lucien LittlefieldMr. Patterson
• Andrew TombesProf. Abernathy