The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

Opening from MGM, for the feature that led to the popular TV series, introducing Bobby Van in the lead role, Lawrence Dobkin the counselor, and future Broadway/Hollywood giant Bob Fosse as sidekick George, in The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis, 1953, also starring Debbie Reynolds.

The only complete production number in the movie, choreography credit to Alex Romero, song from the MGM catalog by Floyd Huddleston and Hanley Stafford, performance by Bob Fosse and Barbara Ruick, joined by leads Bobby Van and Debbie Reynolds in The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis, 1953.

Dobie (Bobby Van) has followed Pansy (Debbie Reynolds) and amorous Lorna (Barbara Ruick) and tagalong George (Bob Fosse) have followed him to the first class by prissy professor Pomfritt (Hans Conreid), planting seeds of conflict to come, in The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis, 1953

At the freshman dance at Grainbelt U, title character Bobby Van still hasn’t got the name of the cute brunette (Debbie Reynolds), sidekick George (Bob Fosse) has problems, and she calls her parents (Hanley Stafford, Lurene Tuttle), in The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis, 1953, from the stories by Max Shulman.

Lovesick teenager Bobby Van searches for romance at college and finds Debbie Reynolds in The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis (1953).