Sweetheart of the Campus

1941 film

  • June 26, 1941 (1941-06-26)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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]

The film's working title was Betty Co-ed.[2]

Plot

Betty Blake is a lead vocalist for Ozzie Norton's orchestra. Vowing to prevent a hostile takeover of a college by puritanical trustee Minnie Sparr, Betty, Ozzie and his entire band enroll as college students.[3]

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

  1. ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Sweetheart of the Campus". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Churchill, Douglas W. (May 3, 1941). "Screen News Here and in Hollywood". The New York Times. p. 20.
  3. ^ "Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) - Edward Dmytryk - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

External links

  • Sweetheart of the Campus at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Sweetheart of the Campus at AllMovie
  • Sweetheart of the Campus at the TCM Movie Database
  • Sweetheart of the Campus at the American Film Institute Catalog
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