Start Cheering (1938)

Film star Ted Crosley, fed up with movie life, quits pictures to enroll in Midland College, much to the horror of his manager Sam Lewis and his stooge-friend Willie Gumbatz. Ted wishes to ... See full summary »

Director:

Albert S. Rogell

Writers:

Eugene Solow (screenplay), Richard Wormser (screenplay),

Stars:

Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly, Joan Perry

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jimmy Durante	...	Willie Gumbatz
Walter Connolly	...	Sam Lewis
Joan Perry	...	Jean Worthington
Charles Starrett	...	Ted Crosley
Craig E. Earle	...	Professor Quiz (as Professor Quiz)
Gertrude Niesen	...	Sarah - Singer
Raymond Walburn	...	Dean Worthington
The Three Stooges	...	The Three Stooges
Broderick Crawford	...	Biff Gordon
Hal Le Roy	...	'Tarzan' Biddle - Specialty Dancer
Ernest Truex	...	Blodgett
Virginia Dale	...	Mabel
Chaz Chase	...	Shorty (as Chaz. Chase)
Jimmy Wallington	...	Announcer Jimmy Wallington
Romo Vincent	...	Fatso - Student

Storyline

Film star Ted Crosley, fed up with movie life, quits pictures to enroll in Midland College, much to the horror of his manager Sam Lewis and his stooge-friend Willie Gumbatz. Ted wishes to enroll in school under an assumed name but Sam, hoping to nip his school plans in the bud, tips off the press and school. En route, Ted has met and fallen in love with Jean Worthington, daughter of Dean Worthington who is counting on Ted's enrollment to save his job. Ted, as the hero of many college and football movies, is given a royal welcome when he arrives. In an effort to make the Midland football team a bigger draw and pay off the stadium debt, Ted is put on the varsity team, where, his exploits don't match those he had on screen, and he is actually a liability. He soon incurs the enmity of Biff Gordon, the school's football hero and Ted's rival for Jean. Biff sets Ted up with a fake fraternity initiation, wherein Ted passes on the tin fraternity ring, taken from a candy box, to Jean. ...

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Plot Keywords:

school | college | football | hero | radio | 

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Taglines:

GAL GAL-ORIOUS COMEDY MUSICAL!

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical | Romance | Sport

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

O Diabo à Solta

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jeni Le Gon with The Four Blackbirds are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.

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Soundtracks

"My Heaven on Earth"
(1938)
Music by Samuel Pokrass (as Sam Pokrass) and Phil Baker
Lyrics by Charles Tobias
Sung by Gertrude Niesen (uncredited) and students
Also sung by Charles Starrett (uncredited) and Joan Perry (uncredited)

User Reviews

Stupid. But sublime.

Watch it when you feel ill or just kind of "wotthehell".

Durante and the Three Stooges are in fine form. There may or may not be some kind of plot - this thing moves fast.

It's got almost as many memorable lines as Casablanca. Here's a few that have stuck in my mind for years:

DURANTE: It's an absolute catasta-strophe.

DURANTE: "When I was at Penn State..." MAN: "Oh, so you're a college boy?" DURANTE: "Sorry, I meant state pen..."

MAN: "Well this is a fine how-do-you-do!" STOOGE: "Fine! How do you do!"