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6.9/10   28 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Claude Binyon (writer)
Frank Butler (writer)
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Release Date:
5 July 1933 (USA) more
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Plot:
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed. | add synopsis
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An unusual film as far as connection between title and content are concerned. more (6 total)

Cast

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Bing Crosby ... Prof. Frederick Danvers
Jack Oakie ... Barney Shirrel

Richard Arlen ... Mondrake
Mary Carlisle ... Barbara Shirrel

George Burns ... George

Gracie Allen ... Gracie
Mary Kornman ... Amber
Joe Sawyer ... Tex (as Joseph Sawyer)
Lona Andre ... Ginger
Jimmy Conlin ... Dr. Mandel
James Donlan ... Marcus Lafflin
James Burke ... Cromwell Dexter
Edward J. Nugent ... Whistler (as Eddie Nugent)
Lumsden Hare ... College president
Grady Sutton ... Timid freshman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Fun Stuff

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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more
Soundtrack:
Down the Old Ox Road more

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An unusual film as far as connection between title and content are concerned., 2 November 2000
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Author: doc-55 from elgin, illinois

The film is called College Humor, but there are very few truly humorous incidents. Some of the situations are downright poignant, especially those involving the two older football stars. The Burns and Allen appearance, predictably, is probably the lightest moment in what resembles melodrama with music. The frequent repetition of two songs suggests that many components of the film were just thrown together. All this being said, I have come back to the film four or five times and am engaged by it. The Old Ox Road sequence is terrific. (Crosby once commented that it was his personal favorite among his recordings.) Perhaps what draws one in is the attractiveness of the performers. In a "college musical" can one expect much more?

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