Sweetheart of the Campus
Sweetheart of the Campus | |
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Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
Written by | Robert Hardy Andrews |
Screenplay by | Edmund L. Hartmann |
Produced by | Jack Fier |
Starring | Ruby Keeler Ozzie Nelson Harriet Hilliard |
Cinematography | Franz Planer |
Edited by | William A. Lyon |
Music by | M. W. Stoloff |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sweetheart of the Campus (also released as Broadway Ahead) is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, and Harriet Hilliard.[1]
Plot[]
Betty Blake (Ruby Keeler) is a lead vocalist for Ozzie Norton's (Ozzie Nelson) orchestra. While performing a one-night stand at a college campus, Betty vows to prevent a hostile takeover of the establishment by puritanical trustee Minnie Sparr (Kathleen Howard). To this end, Betty, Ozzie and his entire band enroll as college students.[2]
Cast[]
- Ruby Keeler as Betty Blake
- Ozzie Nelson as Ozzie Norton
- Harriet Hilliard as Harriet Hale
- Gordon Oliver as Terry Jones
- Don Beddoe as Sheriff Denby
- Charles Judels as Tomasso/Victor Demond
- Kathleen Howard as Mrs. Minnie Sparr
- Byron Foulger as Dr. Bailey
- George Lessey as Dr. Hale
- Frank Gaby as Dr. Grimsby
- Leo Watson as Tom Tom
- Four Spirits of Rhythm as Tom Tom's accompanists
References[]
- ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Sweetheart of the Campus". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ "Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) - Edward Dmytryk - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1941 films
- English-language films
- 1941 musical comedy films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Edward Dmytryk
- American musical comedy films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films set in universities and colleges
- Musical comedy film stubs