The Spirit of Culver (1939)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Joseph Santley

Writers:

Whitney Bolton (screenplay)
Tom Buckingham (story)
(more)

Release Date:

10 March 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Remake

Cast

Jackie Cooper	...	Tom Allen
Freddie Bartholomew	...	Bob Randolph
Andy Devine	...	Tubby
Henry Hull	...	Doc Allen
Jackie Moran	...	Perkins
Tim Holt	...	Capt. Wilson
Gene Reynolds	...	Carruthers
Kathryn Kane	...	June Macy
Walter Tetley	...	Hank
Pierre Watkin	...	Capt. Wharton
John Hamilton	...	Maj. White
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irving Bacon	...	Clerk (uncredited)
Georgie Billings	...	Young Boy (uncredited)
Donald Briggs	...	Instructor (uncredited)
Joe Cunningham Jr.	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Mark Daniels	...	Intern (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn	...	Truck Driver (uncredited)
Johnny Fitzgerald	...	Brat (uncredited)
Marjorie Gateson	...	Mrs. Macy, June Mother (uncredited)
Jack Grant Jr.	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Eddie Hall	...	Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood	...	Watchman (uncredited)
Arthur Housman	...	The Drunk (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes	...	Dance Instructor (uncredited)
Hollis Jewell	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Lon McCallister	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Johnnie Morris	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Franklin Parker	...	Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Raymond Parker	...	Intern (uncredited)
Frances Robinson	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore	...	The Tailor (uncredited)
Joseph Santley Jr.	...	Plebe Boxing Champ (uncredited)
Nelson Scott	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Charles Smith	...	Cadet (uncredited)
Milburn Stone	...	Instructor (uncredited)
Harry Tyler	...	Frank (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift	...	Rusty (uncredited)
Arthur Yeoman	...	Clerk (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph Santley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Whitney Bolton		screenplay
Tom Buckingham		story
George Green		story
Clarence Marks		story
Nathanael West		screenplay

Produced by
Burt Kelly	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Frank Skinner
Charles Henderson		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Elwood Bredell

Film Editing by
Frank Gross

Art Direction by
Jack Otterson

Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman		(as R.A. Gausman)

Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown	....	sound supervisor

Music Department
Charles Previn	....	musical director

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1939) (USA) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Man's Heritage (UK)
Two Smart Boys (UK)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Tim Holt playing Capt. Wilson, the senior class officer & mentor to the plebes, was actually a cadet at Culver Military Academy in high school. Hal Roach Jr. was his roommate.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Tom Brown of Culver (1932)