Freshman Year
Cast & Crew
Frank Mcdonald
Constance Moore
William Lundigan
Dixie Dunbar
Stanley Hughes
Ernest Truex
Film Details
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Synopsis
Among the freshmen beginning their education at Carlton College are Marian Stuart, the daughter of a judge; Bob Potter, the son of a Carlton alumnus whose family has lost its money; Jay Hill, the son of a theatrical producer; Dotty Wright, a former chorus girl; and Dave "Tex" Hodges, a native of Texas. After Tex's efforts help the freshmen win a tug of war between the sophomore and freshman classes, he is elected class president. Bob is invited to join the most important fraternity on campus, but when Tex and Jay are not invited because they do not come from socially prominent families, he turns down their invitation. At Carlton, if students flunk exams, they are allowed to take another for ten dollars. Professor Lucius Peabody has been giving the same test to his students for years. Because the answers are passed on from one class to another, almost no one flunks his exams. Knowing this, Bob invents flunk insurance, allowing a student to pay a small amount against the ten dollar fee. On "green day," the freshmen take over upper class jobs for a day. Jay is assigned to edit the school paper and writes an essay in which he calls Peabody old-fashioned. In response, Peabody changes his exam questions for the first time, and so many students fail that Bob is $800 in debt. Meanwhile, Tex flunks out of school and sells his car. He gives the money to Bob to help pay off the insurance. Marian suggests that they use the money to put on a show in order to earn more. In order to get the other students to attend, they guarantee the show. At first, wanting a bargain, no one applauds. When one student gives the ringleader a hot foot, however, he yells out, and the other students mistake his response for applause and join in. The show is a big success, enabling Bob to pay off his debts. The fraternity then invites both Bob and Jay to join, and they happily accept.
Director
Frank Mcdonald
Cast
Constance Moore
William Lundigan
Dixie Dunbar
Stanley Hughes
Ernest Truex
Frank Milton
Tommy Wonder
The Lucky Seven
The Murtah Sisters
The Diamond Brothers
Raymond Parker
Clarence H. Wilson
Barlowe Borland
Gladden James
Alden Chase
Wilfred Lucas
Ed Mortimer
William Morceau
Carlyle Moore
Robert Darrell
Fay Mckenzie
Marjorie Montgomery
Kay Stewart
David Shelley
Douglas Meins
Arthur O'connell
Alan Ladd
Marjorie Deane
Hugh Mcarthur
Spec O'donnell
Eddie Randolph
James Jay Campbell
John Albright
Leon Holmes
Edgar Edwards
Warren Douglas
Michael Owen
Stanley Marlowe
Don Defore
James Bacigalupi
Thomas Carr
Edward Price
Eric Efron
Ben Hall
Mark Logan
John Estes
Robert Hoover
Homer Dickinson
Crew
Irving Actman
Thomas Ahearn
Bert Anderson
Harry Barris
George R. Bilson
Elwood Bredell
Bernard B. Brown
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll
Marybelle Currie
Ed Curtis
Judson Curtiss
Fred Frank
Charles Grayson
F. Maury Grossman
Ed Hall
Charles Henderson
Bert Hendrickson
Evan Hoskins
Irene Ives
Matty King
Norton Kurland
Frank Loesser
John Martin
Joseph Mccarthy
Emily Moore
Jack Otterson
Jack Pierce
Charles Previn
Fred Reinhold
Blackie Rosenkrantz
Frank Skinner
Helen Tambert
N. V. Timchenko
Seward Webb
W. H. Woodworth
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Notes
Hollywood Reporter notes that this was Matty King's first solo dance directing job. Previously, he had been assistant to Busby Berkeley and Bobby Connolly at Warner Bros. Film Daily lists the running time as 80 minutes, and copyright records list the film at 8 reels, indicating that it May have been cut after it was registered. According to notes in the Universal production files at U.S.C., some scenes were filmed on location at Occidental College in Pasadena, CA.
