Get Yourself a College Girl (1964)

A college co-ed tries to balance her time writing songs and dealing with her publisher who tries to pursue her.

Director:

Sidney Miller

Writer:

Robert E. Kent

Stars:

Mary Ann Mobley, Joan O'Brien, Nancy Sinatra

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mary Ann Mobley	...	Teresa 'Terry' Taylor
Joan O'Brien	...	Marge Endicott
Nancy Sinatra	...	Lynne
Chris Noel	...	Sue Ann Mobley
Chad Everett	...	Gary Underwood
Willard Waterman	...	Senator Hubert Morrison
Fabrizio Mioni	...	Armand
James Millhollin	...	Gordon
Paul Todd	...	Ray
Donnie Brooks	...	Donnie
Hortense Petra	...	Donna the Photographer
Dorothy Neumann	...	Dean Martha Stone
Marti Barris	...	Secretary
Mario Costello	...	Bellboy
The Standells	...	The Standells

Storyline

The administrators of Wyndham Girl's College believe their institution is the model of traditional values, proper decorum and girl's deportment. There is however a thriving underground movement at the college of rock music. When the administrators learn just prior to the Christmas break that one of their students, Terry Taylor, is a renowned rock music songwriter using the pseudonym Joanie Harper whose songs contain seductively feminist lyrics, they have to decide how to deal with Terry, an otherwise academically bright student, and this possible scandal to the school. Meanwhile, many of the students head to Sun Valley for the Christmas break. Among those at the resort are the college's benefactor, Senator Hubert Morrison, who is conflicted between what he believes is Terry's immoral stance and courting the youth vote through their unofficial leader Terry, and Gary Underwood, Terry's publisher. Gary is trying to get Terry to do something she considers amoral and against her feminist ...

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Plot Keywords:

painter as artist | gin martini | beach party | psychotronic film | student | 

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Taglines:

The Swingin-est Blast Ever Filmed

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Animals perform "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". The song was originally written for Nina Simone. Her version is slower. Much later, a disco/flamenco version was released by Santa Esmerelda.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 08 mins) Right before the scene where the blonde gets upset at the painter and storms out, the camera is positioned in such a way that reveals there to be no ceiling in the ski chalet.

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Quotes

Armand: Cheri, when a woman and a man dance, it shouldn't be like twin beds.

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Soundtracks

Comin' Home Johnny
Written by Sidney Miller and Fred Karger
Performed by Jimmy Smith and The Jimmy Smith Trio

User Reviews

Lackluster entry in the beach genre

Okay, it's got Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, plus the Jimmy Smith Trio, so as others have said, if you like jazz, you've got two good scenes. Personally, I love the Dave Clark Five and The Animals, but the songs they perform here are far from their best. They aren't hits, and why they'd choose to waste filler material on a movie with the potential to reach a bigger audience is beyond me.

One of my pet peeves is when a film features a song clearly written by an older songwriter with a background in show tunes and the like, and tries to pass it off as a big pop hit. I can't fathom any universe in which the song performed by Mary Ann Mobley, "Get Yourself a College Girl", would be a hit. And yet she's presented to us as this major songwriter with her finger on the pulse of today's youth.

The script feels like it was thrown together on the set. Is it about Mary Ann Mobley being booted out of college? No, wait, it's about her fighting and falling in love with her publisher. Nope, never mind, it's about re-electing a senator. Oops, looks like we're out of time. The end. But before we go, here are the Dave Clark Five and The Animals to sing some more songs you've never heard of while we film them in a straight-on close up that looks like a mugshot.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Go-Go Set

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four Leaf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1