Maybe It's Love (1930)

Director:

William A. Wellman

Writers:

Darryl F. Zanuck (based on the story by), Joseph Jackson (screen play & dialogue by),

Stars:

Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, James Hall

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joan Bennett	...	Nan
Joe E. Brown	...	Yates
James Hall	...	Tommy
Laura Lee	...	Betty
Sumner Getchell	...	Whiskers
George Irving	...	College Professor
George Bickel	...	Trustee
Russell Saunders	...	Russ Saunders of Southern California (as Russ Saunders)
Tim Moynihan	...	Tim Moynihan of Notre Dame
Bill Banker	...	Bill Banker of Tulane University
Howard Harpster	...	Howard Harpster of Carnegie Tech
Ray Montgomery	...	Ray Montgomery of Univ. of Pittsburgh
Otto Pommerening	...	Otto Pommerening of Michigan
Red Sleight	...	Red Sleight of Purdue
Kenneth Haycraft	...	Kenneth Haycraft of Minnesota

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

rowboat | father daughter relationship | american football | confession | feminine wiles | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 1930 (USA)

Also Known As:

Eleven Men and a Girl

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Vitaphone Corporation, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cast includes members of the 1928 and 1929 All-American football teams. The "Stuart Erwin" who plays Brown of Harvard is a football player, not the actor of the same name; Ray Montgomery is also a football player, and not the actor of the same name.

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Crazy Credits

Joe E. Brown's character is called "Yates" in the credits, but is always referred to as Speed Hanson in the dialogue. Similarly, Sumner Getchell is billed as "Whiskers" but is called only Ned, and George Irving is credited as "College Professor," but is actually President Sheffield of the college.

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Connections

Version of The College Widow (1915)

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Soundtracks

"All American"
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Archie Gottler and George W. Meyer
Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Joan Bennett and James Hall with the team as a chorus

User Reviews

amusing comedy from Wellman

Early Wellman is always entertaining, constantly throwing in weird directorial touches. This one's a genre football comedy (Horse Feathers etc.) that has quite a few amusing aspects. Number one is the young, intelligent and sexy Joan Bennett, who is amazing in the scene where she is under the canoe with a football player, and then back on shore with her wet dress showing everything she's got, pre-code. Wow! And then there's Joe E. Brown, who in those days speed-read a a script and tossed it aside. Watch for the scene with the lovers before, across, under and behind the fountain; the hand-held (!) camera following the lovers through the trees; the amateur actors/football players in so many encounters with Bennett. The plot of this film deals with sexual recruitment of football players, which reflects uncomfortably on current issues on the Colorado campus. Not a good movie by any means, but it has great acting, great direction and a few good laughs. Made by young people with an astonishing quantity of talent, way back when it was still possible to make a stale story shine. 1930!