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They Learned About Women

  • 1930
  • Passed
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
272
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Bessie Love, Joe Schenck, and Gus Van in They Learned About Women (1930)
DramaMusical

When Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has wo... Read allWhen Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has worked her way into his confidence. When Mary sees Jack and Daisy together, she leaves Jack ... Read allWhen Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has worked her way into his confidence. When Mary sees Jack and Daisy together, she leaves Jack and Jack marries Daisy the next day. When Daisy decides that she wants into the Vaudeville... Read all

  • Directors
    • Jack Conway
    • Sam Wood
  • Writers
    • Andrew Percival Younger
    • Sarah Y. Mason
    • Arthur 'Bugs' Baer
  • Stars
    • Gus Van
    • Joe Schenck
    • Bessie Love
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    272
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Jack Conway
      • Sam Wood
    • Writers
      • Andrew Percival Younger
      • Sarah Y. Mason
      • Arthur 'Bugs' Baer
    • Stars
      • Gus Van
      • Joe Schenck
      • Bessie Love
    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Gus Van
    Gus Van
    • Jerry
    Joe Schenck
    Joe Schenck
    • Jack
    Bessie Love
    Bessie Love
    • Mary
    Mary Doran
    Mary Doran
    • Daisy
    J.C. Nugent
    J.C. Nugent
    • Stafford
    Benny Rubin
    Benny Rubin
    • Sam
    Tom Dugan
    Tom Dugan
    • Tim
    Eddie Gribbon
    Eddie Gribbon
    • Brennan
    Francis X. Bushman Jr.
    Francis X. Bushman Jr.
    • Haskins
    Harry Bernard
    Harry Bernard
    • Baseball Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Clarence Burton
    Clarence Burton
    • House Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Rosalind Byrne
    Rosalind Byrne
    • Nightclub Diner
    • (uncredited)
    George Davis
    George Davis
    • Drunken Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Mike Donlin
    Mike Donlin
    • Baseball Player
    • (uncredited)
    Cliff Edwards
    Cliff Edwards
    • Singer in Harlem Madness number
    • (uncredited)
    John Kelly
    John Kelly
    • Unruly Baseball Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Nina Mae McKinney
    Nina Mae McKinney
    • Specialty Singer - Harlem Madness
    • (uncredited)
    Lee Phelps
    • Ballplayer Saying Goodnight to Brennan
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Jack Conway
      • Sam Wood
    • Writers
      • Andrew Percival Younger
      • Sarah Y. Mason
      • Arthur 'Bugs' Baer
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Joe Schenck was a big baseball fan and for a while was the captain of a Vaudeville all-star baseball team. Tragically, he died of heart disease six months after after the movie was released.
    • Quotes

      Jerry Burke: Listen, chisler, I'm hep to you.

      Daisy: Oh, so you're a smart guy, huh?

      Jerry Burke: I don't have to be smart to get wise to a gal like you.

    • Alternate versions
      MGM also issued this movie in a silent version, with Alfred Block writing the titles.
    • Connections
      Edited into What Price Jazz (1934)
    • Soundtracks
      Ain't You, Baby?
      (1929) (uncredited)
      Music by Milton Ager
      Lyrics by Jack Yellen
      Performed by Gus Van

    User reviews12

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    Bessie Love steals home...

    in this ok 1930 film that stars Joe Schenck and Gus Van as baseball players who hit the vaudeville stage off season. While Schenck and Van were real vaudeville stars, their film careers never took off, and this film showcases their strengths as performers as well as their weaknesses. Their ethnic accent-oriented songs will strike many today as being VERY un-PC just as their songs now seem blah. Into this mix, however, comes the wonderful Bessie Love as their love interest. The always perky Love has only a few moments to shine in this film, but she makes it all worthwhile once hoisted atop a pinao, ukelele in hand, and sings "I've Got a Man of My Own." Love was at the height of her film career in the late 20s and early 30s, before she bailed from Hollywood and headed to London. Love's number in this film, her appearance in Hollywood Revue of 1929, and her Oscar-nominated starring turn in The Broadway Melody all show why she was popular with filmgoers. Worth a look. Co-stars Mary Doran, Benny Rubin, and Tom Dugan.
    • drednm
    • Apr 25, 2003
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    • Release date
      • January 31, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Playing the Field
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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