A businessman enrolls as a college freshman in order to break up his son's relationship with a gold-digger.
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| Charles 'Buddy' Rogers | ... | Johnny Roberts | |
| George Barbier | ... | John Roberts Sr | |
| Barbara Kent | ... | Edith Warren | |
| Grace Bradley | ... | Marion Beecher | |
| Betty Grable | ... | Sylvia | |
| Eric Blore | ... | 'Phil' Phillips | |
| Erik Rhodes | ... | Frank Rochet | |
| John Arledge | ... | Pinky Parker | |
| Johnny Mercer | ... | Colonel | |
| Donald Meek | ... | Paul Parker | |
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Evelyn Poe | ... | Honey |
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Rich John Roberts, Jr. gets reports that his son, Johnny, is falling for a gold digging blonde at college. So he enrolls as a freshman to try to steer Johnny towards the girl he'd like him to marry. He hits upon the idea to have the blonde believe he lost his business, by writing a letter instructing his partner to wire him that his business went broke. But he gives the letter to a school official who forgets to mail it. Written by Arthur Hausner <genart@volcano.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 August 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Papa's in the Cradle See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Victor System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Music by Lewis E. Gensler
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung by Betty Grable, Evelyn Poe, Joy Hodges, others
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Several of the collegiates are played by the scions of silent stars including Erich von Sttroheim, Jr., Carlyle Blackwell, Jr., Bryant Washburn, Jr., and Claude Gillingwater, Jr. See more »Crazy Credits
The opening title leaps up from the orchestra music. See more »Soundtracks
Boys Will Be BoysMusic by Lewis E. Gensler
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung by Betty Grable, Evelyn Poe, Joy Hodges, others
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Any RKO movie with ERIC BLORE and ERIC RHODES in the supporting cast can't be all bad. This is a strictly second-rate little college musical with a trivial plot and a bevy of harmless tunes typical of the swing mood that was on the horizon. Vivacious BETTY GRABLE has one of her early campus sweetheart roles (sings a little, dances a little), and if you look hard enough you can spot LUCILLE BALL among the extras, the girl who would go on to buy the studio one day.
GEORGE BARBIER is the senior who wants to be a freshman (he wants to keep an eye on his son, BUDDY ROGERS) whom he thinks is failing subjects because his mind is on girls. Rogers is a blank in a colorless role. The female lead (unknown today) is pretty brunette BARBARA KENT. Silly nonsense with Barbier becoming a freshman subjected to student pranks with more attention on random song numbers than a plot.
The songs are strictly a blend of the type popular at the time but have the benefit of lyrics by Johnny Mercer which helps a lot and its surprising to see that the B&W photography is by Nick Musuraca who did all those great film noirs later at RKO.
Summing up: Harmless fun that passes the time quickly in 75 minutes.