College Swing (1938)

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (adaptation)
Walter DeLeon (writer)

Release Date:

29 April 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Gracie Alden tries to graduate on college to get an inheritance. |

Plot Keywords:

College | Swing

Cast

George Burns	...	George Jonas
Gracie Allen	...	Gracie Alden
Martha Raye	...	Mable
Bob Hope	...	Bud Brady
Edward Everett Horton	...	Hubert Dash
Florence George	...	Ginna Ashburn
Ben Blue	...	Ben Volt
Betty Grable	...	Betty
Jackie Coogan	...	Jackie
John Payne	...	Martin Bates
Cecil Cunningham	...	Dean Sleet
Robert Cummings	...	Radio Announcer
Skinnay Ennis	...	Skinnay
The Slate Brothers	...	Themselves
Robert Mitchell	...	Themselves (as Bob Mitchell and St. Brendan's Choristers)

Also Known As:

Swing, Teacher, Swing (UK)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965)

Soundtrack:

What A Rumba Does To Romance

Gracie Allen & Martha Raye Steal the Show

College Swing is a minor musical comedy that stars Gracie Allen and George Burns in their followup to their underrated A Damsel in Distress with Fred Astaire. Screwy plot involves Gracie needing to pass a college exam and employing Bob Hope to help her. Martha Raye joins the faculty as professor of romance. The storyline makes no sense at all but with these 4 comedy giants, it's hard to resist. Throw into this zany pot Betty Grable, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Jackie Coogan (then married to Grable), John Payne, Robert Cummings, Richard Denny, Florence George, and the wonderful Cecil Cunningham and you have a spirited but aimless film. Raye displays her good singing voice and cracks up Hope in a few scenes. Burns comes off worst. Worth a look.