Girl O' My Dreams (1934)

A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school.

Director:

Ray McCarey (as Raymond McCarey)

Writer:

George Waggner (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Mary Carlisle, Sterling Holloway, Edward J. Nugent

Cast

Cast overview:
Mary Carlisle	...	Gwen
Sterling Holloway	...	Spec Early
Edward J. Nugent	...	Larry Haines (as Eddie Nugent)
Arthur Lake	...	Bobby Barnes
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Don Cooper (as Creighton Chaney)
Tom Dugan	...	Joe Smiley
Gigi Parrish	...	Mary (as Gi-Gi Parrish)
Jeanie Roberts	...	Kittens
Crane Sisters	...	Nip and Tuck
Lee Shumway	...	Coach
Ted Dahl and His Orchestra	...	Ted Dahl Orchestra

Storyline

A conceited college track star, used to being "big man on campus", gets a jolt when he loses an election to see who is the most popular man in the school.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 1934 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love Race

Filming Locations:

RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

W.T. Lackey Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Balsley and Phillips Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Los Angeles Saturday 17 December 1949 on KECA (Channel 7), and in New York City Friday 7 April 1950 on WPIX (Channel 11).

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Soundtracks

Lucky Star
Music by Edward Ward
Lyrics by George Waggner

User Reviews

Amusing Little Programmer

Considering it's a Monogram production, the results are generally better than expected. For some reason college-based musical comedies were popular about this time (1933). The storyline is unexceptional, the usual romantic mix-ups that furnish a few laughs; along with a dollop of sports competition that furnishes a dash of suspense. What's really eye-catching, however, is the cast. Yes, it is a young, handsome, muscular Lon (Creighton) Chaney Jr. as one of the swains, and looking nothing like the dissipated alcoholic of later years. After seeing the promise here, its doubly unfortunate his career went on the downslide it did.

Also, there's only a slightly addled Sterling Holloway playing it fairly straight, for a change; and Arthur Lake showing a nicely shaded comedic side that probably helped him get the Dagwood role in the long-running Blondie series. But who is Edward Nugent. Judging from his many credits in the 1930's, he nevertheless quit the business early. Whatever the case, he makes a perfectly handsome swell-head, who can be either obnoxious or charming. Too bad IMDb doesn't give us more of his bio. Anyway, the movie's not a bad little programmer given its lowly Monogram pedigree.