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Albert S. Rogell
Jimmy Durante
Walter Connolly
Joan Perry
Charles Starrett
Professor Quiz
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Movie star Ted Crosley is tired of playing college football heroes in the movies. He decides to quit acting and enrolls at Midland College under the assumed name of Ted Barry, much to the horror of his manager, Sam Lewis. Sam, hoping to end Ted's scholastic career quickly, calls the school and informs them of the star's impending arrival. Dean Worthington, who is about to lose his job as a result of having financed the construction of a new stadium for a losing football team, sees Ted as the kind of publicity that might save his job. On the train to Midland, Ted meets Jean Worthington, the dean's daughter, and immediately falls for her. When their train arrives at the Midland station, Ted is met with a gigantic reception. Sam and his screwball assistant, Willie Gumbatz, arrange a number of stunts in an attempt to get Ted expelled, including holding a wild party in his room. Despite their best attempts, Dean Worthington always looks the other way. Ted is railroaded onto the varsity football team, much to the chagrin of Biff Gordon, the team's star and Jean's jealous suitor. Although Ted was a great player in the movies, he proves to be nothing but a liability to the college team. When Jean forces Biff to pledge Ted into his fraternity, Sigma Chi, Biff, Sam and Willie send Ted blindfolded into the girls' dormitory as part of his fraternity initiation. Jean, however, quickly hides him, and her father covers up the incident. Ted is then given a fake fraternity pin, which he proudly gives to Jean. When the actor discovers the ruse, he punches Biff and quits school. Back in New York, Ted signs a radio contract, only to learn that at the entire football team has been suspended by Dean Worthington for the incident on the eve of the big game. Out of loyalty to his school and teammates, Ted goes back to Midland to square things with the dean. The team goes on to win the big game, and Ted takes the train back to New York, still thinking that Jean has deceived him. When Jean learns that Ted is about to lose his radio contract because of his last-minute return to Midland, she arranges for a radio broadcast from the football stadium. Sam, Willie and Jean overtake Ted's train in a hair-raising automobile ride, and Sam confesses all. After Sam professes Jean's innocence to Ted, the four race back to the college just in time for the broadcast. As Ted proclaims his love to Ann, she informs her future husband that the radio broadcast has already begun.
Director
Albert S. Rogell
Cast
Jimmy Durante
Walter Connolly
Joan Perry
Charles Starrett
Professor Quiz
Gertrude Niesen
Raymond Walburn
The Three Stooges
Broderick Crawford
Hal Le Roy
Ernest Truex
Virginia Dale
Chaz. Chase
James Wallington
Romo Vincent
Gene Morgan
Johnny Green And His Orchestra
Louis Prima With His Band
Jeni Legon With The Four Blackbirds
Louise Stanley
Arthur Hoyt
Howard Hickman
Minerva Urecal
Arthur Loft
Nick Lukats
Al St. John
Dick Elliott
C. Montague Shaw
Garry Owen
James Flavin
Frank Melton
Ray Johnson
Ann Doran
Don Brodie
Vernon Dent
Bruce Sidney
Russ Clark
Charles Hamilton
Bob Mcclung
Edward J. Lesaint
Lloyd Whitlock
Ted Oliver
Jack Clifford
Frank C. Wilson
Kathryn Knight
Betty Knight
Frances Joseph
Lucille Lund
Gus Reed
Harold Goodwin
Dorothy Dean
Dean Kaye
Carol Wyndham
Edith Craig
Edward Price
Richard Sheldon
Dorothy Short
Claire Rochelle
June Ward
Hilda Title
Jane Hamilton
Ruth Hilliard
Alexandra Dean
Mary Blackwood
Louis Long
Allen Brook
Roy Wilson
Bruce Warren
Wes Clark
William Stelling
Jack Swift
Grant Peters
Granville Owen
Lee Garlow
Oscar G. Hendrian
Ed Mccabe
Carl Millington
Charles Conrad
Al Rhein
Bill Lally
Charles R. Moore
Barney Dean
Lou Davis
Carleton Griffin
Billy Arnold
Stanley Mack
Phil Smalley
Bill Gaiver
Lane Chandler
James Thorpe
Dutch Schlickenmayer
Jerry Bergen
Crew
Phil Baker
Lionel Banks
Arthur Black
Ganahl Carson
Harry Cohn
Milton Drake
Stephen Goosson
Johnny Green
Gene Havlick
Babs Johnstone
Kalloch
Ted Koehler
Max Lief
Nathaniel Lief
Ben Oakland
William Perlberg
Nat Perrin
Samuel Pokrass
Philip Rapp
Eugene Solow
Morris Stoloff
Charles Tobias
Joseph Walker
Richard E. Wormser
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The working title of this film was College Follies of 1938. Daily Variety lists the running time as 103 minutes, probably in error. The real name of "Professor Quiz" was Dr. Craig Earl, who had a radio question and answer show on CBS in the 1930s.
