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Good News

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Ann Dvorak, Cliff Edwards, Lola Lane, Mary Lawlor, Bessie Love, Gus Shy, Penny Singleton, and Stanley Smith in Good News (1930)
ComedyMusical
Tom Marlowe is the star of his college football team, and has a promising romance with a female college student, Connie Lane. He does not excel, however, in his college studies. A series of ... Read allTom Marlowe is the star of his college football team, and has a promising romance with a female college student, Connie Lane. He does not excel, however, in his college studies. A series of bad grades almost convinces the college to exclude Marlowe from the team. Professor Kenyon... Read allTom Marlowe is the star of his college football team, and has a promising romance with a female college student, Connie Lane. He does not excel, however, in his college studies. A series of bad grades almost convinces the college to exclude Marlowe from the team. Professor Kenyon helps Marlowe improve his grades, in order for Marlowe to have a chance to lead the footb... Read all
IMDb RATING
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    • Nick Grinde(screen direction)
  • Writers
    • Laurence Schwab(based on a musical comedy by)
    • Lew Brown(based on a musical comedy by)
    • Frank Mandel(based on a musical comedy by)
  • Stars
    • Mary Lawlor
    • Stanley Smith
    • Bessie Love
    • Nick Grinde(screen direction)
  • Writers
    • Laurence Schwab(based on a musical comedy by)
    • Lew Brown(based on a musical comedy by)
    • Frank Mandel(based on a musical comedy by)
  • Stars
    • Mary Lawlor
    • Stanley Smith
    • Bessie Love
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    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Lola Lane, Mary Lawlor, and Stanley Smith in Good News (1930)
    Lola Lane, Mary Lawlor, Bessie Love, Penny Singleton, and Stanley Smith in Good News (1930)
    Lola Lane, Mary Lawlor, Bessie Love, Gus Shy, and Stanley Smith in Good News (1930)
    Mary Lawlor in Good News (1930)
    Lola Lane, Mary Lawlor, and Bessie Love in Good News (1930)
    Mary Lawlor and Stanley Smith in Good News (1930)
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    Cliff Edwards and Bessie Love in Good News (1930)
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    Mary Lawlor
    Mary Lawlor
    • Constance 'Connie' Lane
    Stanley Smith
    Stanley Smith
    • Tom Marlowe
    Bessie Love
    Bessie Love
    • Babe ODay
    Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards
    • 'Pooch' Kearney
    Gus Shy
    • Robbie
    Lola Lane
    Lola Lane
    • Pat
    Thomas E. Jackson
    Thomas E. Jackson
    • Coach
    • (as Thomas Jackson)
    Delmer Daves
    Delmer Daves
    • Beef
    Billy Taft
    • Freshman
    Frank McGlynn Sr.
    Frank McGlynn Sr.
    • Professor Kenyon
    • (as Frank McGlynn)
    Penny Singleton
    Penny Singleton
    • Flo
    • (as Dorothy McNulty)
    Helyn Virgil
    • Girl
    Vera Marshe
    Vera Marshe
    • Girl
    • (as Vera Marsh)
    Abe Lyman
    Abe Lyman
    • Abe Lyman
    Abe Lyman Orchestra
    Abe Lyman Orchestra
    • Abe Lyman Orchestra
    • (as Abe Lyman and His Band)
    Buster Crabbe
    Buster Crabbe
    • Student
    • (uncredited)
    Ann Dvorak
    Ann Dvorak
    • Student
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Earles
    Harry Earles
    • Midget in Trash Basket
    • (uncredited)
      • Nick Grinde(screen direction)
    • Writers
      • Laurence Schwab(based on a musical comedy by)
      • Lew Brown(based on a musical comedy by)
      • Frank Mandel(based on a musical comedy by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The last 443 feet (about 4 minutes, 56 seconds), which is the big musical finale, was filmed in Multicolor, is missing from surviving prints and is apparently lost.
    • Quotes

      Beef: I'll knock you so flat, they could play you on a Victrola.

    • Connections
      Featured in Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Good News
      (1927) (uncredited)

      Music by Ray Henderson

      Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown

      Played as background over the opening credits

      Sung and Danced by Penny Singleton and students

      Danced to by Al Norman

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    6/10
    College musical
    There is a college football game coming up at Tait college and the team captain and star player Stanley Smith (Tom) has dunced out in his exams which means he needs to take a re-test and pass Astronomy or he won't get to play and the college will undoubtedly lose the match. His girlfriend Lola Lane (Pat) fixes it so that her cousin Mary Lawlor (Connie) studies with him to ensure that he passes. Big mistake.

    It's a college-based musical with some amusing sequences coming courtesy of students Bessie Love (Babe) and Gus Shy (Bobbie) who also dance and sing. The musical dance numbers are entertaining, and they include 2 chorus numbers led by student Penny Singleton (Flo). Unfortunately, the final dance sequence is missing but we are provided with title cards explaining what happens at the film's end. I quite like this as it gives the film a mysterious quality. I wonder what that musical finale was like?

    The best in the cast are Bessie Love who is very funny - her dialogue delivery is hilarious, and she works well with Gus Shy, who also gets to deliver some entertaining dialogue. Cliff Edwards also shows up with his ukulele and Al Norman crops up in a dance sequence where he gets to show off his rubber legs and comic dance moves.
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    • Release date
      • August 23, 1930 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 18 minutes
      • Black and White

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