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Start Cheering

  • 19381938
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
248
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Jimmy Durante, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Walter Connolly, Curly Howard, Gertrude Niesen, Joan Perry, Charles Starrett, and The Three Stooges in Start Cheering (1938)
ComedyMusicMusical
Fed up with movie life, film star Ted Crosley 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 enr... Read allFed up with movie life, film star Ted Crosley 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, ti... Read allFed up with movie life, film star Ted Crosley 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 school and the press. En route, Ted has met and fallen in love with Jean Worthi... Read all
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    • Albert S. Rogell
  • Writers
    • Eugene Solow(screen play)
    • Richard Wormser(screen play)
    • Philip Rapp(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Jimmy Durante
    • Walter Connolly
    • Joan Perry
    • Albert S. Rogell
  • Writers
    • Eugene Solow(screen play)
    • Richard Wormser(screen play)
    • Philip Rapp(screen play)
  • Stars
    • Jimmy Durante
    • Walter Connolly
    • Joan Perry
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    • 8User reviews
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    Broderick Crawford, Larry Fine, Gertrude Niesen, Joan Perry, Charles Starrett, Minerva Urecal, and Raymond Walburn in Start Cheering (1938)
    Jimmy Durante, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Craig E. Earle, Curly Howard, Gertrude Niesen, Joan Perry, Charles Starrett, Raymond Walburn, Louis Prima and His Band, and The Three Stooges in Start Cheering (1938)
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    Joan Perry and Charles Starrett in Start Cheering (1938)
    Jimmy Durante, Charles R. Moore, and Gertrude Niesen in Start Cheering (1938)
    Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and The Three Stooges in Start Cheering (1938)
    Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly, Howard Hickman, Arthur Loft, Wedgwood Nowell, and Charles Starrett in Start Cheering (1938)
    Broderick Crawford, Russ Clark, Gene Morgan, House Peters Jr., Romo Vincent, Bruce Warren, and Jeff York in Start Cheering (1938)
    Broderick Crawford, Jimmy Durante, Russ Clark, Gene Morgan, House Peters Jr., and Charles Starrett in Start Cheering (1938)
    Jimmy Durante, Gertrude Niesen, Joan Perry, and Charles Starrett in Start Cheering (1938)
    Jimmy Durante, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Johnny Green, Curly Howard, Joan Perry, Charles Starrett, and The Three Stooges in Start Cheering (1938)
    Jimmy Durante and Gertrude Niesen in Start Cheering (1938)

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    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Willie Gumbatz
    Walter Connolly
    Walter Connolly
    • Sam Lewis
    Joan Perry
    Joan Perry
    • Jean Worthington
    Charles Starrett
    Charles Starrett
    • Ted Crosley
    Craig E. Earle
    • Professor Quiz
    • (as Professor Quiz)
    Gertrude Niesen
    Gertrude Niesen
    • Sarah
    Raymond Walburn
    Raymond Walburn
    • Dean Worthington
    The Three Stooges
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    Broderick Crawford
    Broderick Crawford
    • Biff Gordon
    Hal Le Roy
    Hal Le Roy
    • 'Tarzan' Biddle
    Ernest Truex
    Ernest Truex
    • Blodgett
    Virginia Dale
    Virginia Dale
    • Mabel
    Chaz Chase
    Chaz Chase
    • Shorty
    • (as Chaz. Chase)
    Jimmy Wallington
    Jimmy Wallington
    • Announcer Jimmy Wallington
    Romo Vincent
    Romo Vincent
    • Fatso
    Gene Morgan
    Gene Morgan
    • Coach Burns
    Louise Stanley
    Louise Stanley
    • Flo
    Arthur Hoyt
    Arthur Hoyt
    • Librarian
      • Albert S. Rogell
    • Writers
      • Eugene Solow(screen play)
      • Richard Wormser(screen play)
      • Philip Rapp(screen play)
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    • Trivia
      The print Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has been showing since 1994 is probably a print shown in the UK, since an opening frame states "Grand National Pictures Ltd. presents Start Cheering". That company is a UK company which probably handled the UK distribution. Although the IMDb credits are based on that print, it differs markedly from the American version as listed in the AFI Catalogue. However, the print shown on TCM on 5 November 2021 and introduced by Dave Karger and Leonard Maltin has the usual "Columbia Pictures Corporation presents..." on the title card.
    • Quotes

      Peggy: Say, is that your nose or are you eating a banana?

    • Connections
      References Three Smart Girls (1936)
    • Soundtracks
      My Heaven on Earth
      (1937)

      Music by Samuel Pokrass (as Sam Pokrass) and Phil Baker

      Lyrics by Charles Tobias

      Sung by Gertrude Niesen (uncredited) and students

      Also sung by Robert Paige (uncredited) and Joan Perry (uncredited)

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    Gertrude Niesen and Hal Le Roy Steal the Show
    Yet another one of those college-set musicals so popular in the 1930s. This one has a famous movie star (Charles Starrett) fed up with Hollywood and deciding to go to college. He enrolls at Midland College, but his manager and his assistant follow him. A dopey dean (Raymond Walburn) insists the movie star be on the football team so they can rake in the money from the publicity.

    Jimmy Durante is the star here, as the assistant to the movie star's manager (Walter Connolly). He gets a few songs, but his presence grows wearying , especially when he intrudes and stops cold the terrific "Rockin' the Town" number.

    Joan Perry plays the love interest (and dean's daughter). Also in the cast are Ernest Truex as the librarian, Chaz Chase as the paper-eating water boy, and Broderick Crawford as the football captain. The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Curly Howard, and Larry Fine) add a burst of life to a couple scenes. Minerva Urecal plays the sorority house mother, and Louis Prima is the band leader.

    The high point of the film is the "Rockin' the Town" number sung by the underused Gertrude Niesen and featuring the equally underused Hal Le Roy as a dancing student. The music is hot and Niesen and Le Roy are just fantastic.
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      • March 3, 1938 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • 1 hour 18 minutes
      • Black and White

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