Film star Ted Crosley, fed up with movie life, quits pictures to enroll in Midland College, much to the horror of his manager Sam Lewis and his stooge-friend Willie Gumbatz. Ted wishes to ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jimmy Durante | ... | Willie Gumbatz | |
| Walter Connolly | ... | Sam Lewis | |
| Joan Perry | ... | Jean Worthington | |
| Charles Starrett | ... | Ted Crosley | |
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Craig E. Earle | ... | Professor Quiz (as Professor Quiz) |
| Gertrude Niesen | ... | Sarah | |
| Raymond Walburn | ... | Dean Worthington | |
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The Three Stooges | ... | The Three Stooges |
| Broderick Crawford | ... | Biff Gordon | |
| Hal Le Roy | ... | 'Tarzan' Biddle | |
| Ernest Truex | ... | Blodgett | |
| Virginia Dale | ... | Mabel | |
| Chaz Chase | ... | Shorty (as Chaz. Chase) | |
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Jimmy Wallington | ... | Announcer Jimmy Wallington |
| Romo Vincent | ... | Fatso | |
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Film star Ted Crosley, fed up with movie life, quits pictures to enroll in Midland College, much to the horror of his manager Sam Lewis and his stooge-friend Willie Gumbatz. Ted wishes to enroll in school under an assumed name but Sam, hoping to nip his school plans in the bud, tips off the press and school. En route, Ted has met and fallen in love with Jean Worthington, daughter of Dean Worthington who is counting on Ted's enrollment to save his job. Ted, as the hero of many college and football movies, is given a royal welcome when he arrives. In an effort to make the Midland football team a bigger draw and pay off the stadium debt, Ted is put on the varsity team, where, his exploits don't match those he had on screen, and he is actually a liability. He soon incurs the enmity of Biff Gordon, the school's football hero and Ted's rival for Jean. Biff sets Ted up with a fake fraternity initiation, wherein Ted passes on the tin fraternity ring, taken from a candy box, to Jean. ... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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3 March 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Ben Oakland
Lyrics by Milton Drake
Written for the movie and possibly played in the score
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Dr. Craig E. Earle, who played "Professor Quiz", had one of the first quiz shows on the CBS Radio Network in the 1930's. See more »Soundtracks
Naughty, Naughty, I'm Surprised at You(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Ben Oakland
Lyrics by Milton Drake
Written for the movie and possibly played in the score
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I have very little patience for leading men and their love interest, and their songs; and I don't care much for musical numbers by "guest" performers, so much of this movie was a complete bore to me. I'm also not much interested in watching the details spelled out for me in run-of-the-mill stories like this: I prefer watching what the characters DO within a story, not the playing-out of the story itself, and since a lot of time here is spent with the main characters talking out the narrative, my fingers were itching for the fast-forward button. Durante is always fun to watch, but the script is so poor that his jokes mostly fall flat. I agree that he and Walter Connelly have no chemistry, and the justification for Durante even being in the story at all is too contrived to suspend belief. I actually prefer his roles in the late MGM Buster Keaton movies, like "What, No Beer?", where his character is an integral part of the story and his vitality really helps to move along the film. In this movie, the only moments I really enjoyed were Durante's musical number, Hal LeRoy's dance (which I have to admit was spectacular), and the Three Stooges who perform two skits with perfectly timed ensemble work. Basically, the story-laden non-comedic scenes were boring, and most of the Durante comedy was slightly embarrassing and only borderline amusing. Recommendation: don't pay more than $7 to watch it.