Gracie Alden tries to graduate college to get an inheritance.Gracie Alden tries to graduate college to get an inheritance.Gracie Alden tries to graduate college to get an inheritance.
Henry Slate
- Hangout Waiter
- (as The Slate Brothers)
Jack Slate
- Hangout Waiter
- (as The Slate Brothers)
Sid Slate
- Hangout Waiter
- (as The Slate Brothers)
Robert Mitchell
- Boys Choir Leader
- (as Bob Mitchell and St. Brendan's Choristers)
St. Brendan's Boy Choir
- Boys Choir (1738 Sequence)
- (as St. Brendan's Choristers)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was extensively used as a stand-in for Alden College. The original 18th century Alden College school house was placed just east of Powell Library. (An imaginary tower and other buildings were matte-painted in the background to make the campus appear more built-up.)
- GoofsIn the "You're a Natural" number, as Gracie gets out of the car and continues to sing, two members of the crew can be glimpsed briefly in the reflection on the car door.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Love Goddesses (1965)
- SoundtracksCollege Swing
Words by Frank Loesser
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
Copyright 1938 by Famous Music Corporation
Played over opening credits
Also sung by Betty Grable and Skinnay Ennis
Danced by Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan
also used as background for the "I'm Tired" routine by The Slate Brothers
Sung in the big finale by Martha Raye
Featured review
Entertaining All-Star Musical with Some Nice Tunes
This is an oddball, star-studded Paramount musical, frivolously directed by Raoul Walsh, in one of handful of fluffy star vehicles he churned out in the period after his Fox tenure and before he settled at Warners. I saw it because of the music and director Walsh, and I was thoroughly pleased with it.
"College Swing" is one of numerous entertaining musicals set on campus that were popular in the 30s. Including this one, there were also "College Humor"(1933), "College Rhythm"(1934), "Old Man Rhythm" (1935),"College Holiday"(1936), and "Pigskin Parade"(1936) among others. These are feathery, inadvertently escapist froths that are generally characterized by zesty songs, funny one-liners, and implausible boy-meets-girl romance.
I tend to agree with the other users that plot of "College Swing" is inordinately silly and weak; however, that doesn't make it unwatchable. The songs and dance numbers have their own peculiar excitement. The number in the beginning featuring the young, up-and-coming Betty Grable and fellow students dancing at a pub is particularly delightful. I also liked the funny scenes between Bob Hope & Martha Raye. Florence George & John Payne make nice young romantic couple. Gracie Allen & George Burns continue their raucous shenanigans, though their comic acts tend to slow down the plot as much as enliven it.
Worth seeing if you like this sort of fluff.
"College Swing" is one of numerous entertaining musicals set on campus that were popular in the 30s. Including this one, there were also "College Humor"(1933), "College Rhythm"(1934), "Old Man Rhythm" (1935),"College Holiday"(1936), and "Pigskin Parade"(1936) among others. These are feathery, inadvertently escapist froths that are generally characterized by zesty songs, funny one-liners, and implausible boy-meets-girl romance.
I tend to agree with the other users that plot of "College Swing" is inordinately silly and weak; however, that doesn't make it unwatchable. The songs and dance numbers have their own peculiar excitement. The number in the beginning featuring the young, up-and-coming Betty Grable and fellow students dancing at a pub is particularly delightful. I also liked the funny scenes between Bob Hope & Martha Raye. Florence George & John Payne make nice young romantic couple. Gracie Allen & George Burns continue their raucous shenanigans, though their comic acts tend to slow down the plot as much as enliven it.
Worth seeing if you like this sort of fluff.
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- Kalaman
- Apr 9, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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