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Bachelor of Arts (1934)
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74 min | Drama

Bachelor of Arts (1934)

Approved

74 min | Drama

Alexander "Alec" Hamilton, Jr., a headstrong, but likable freshman at the state college, falls in love at first sight with co-ed Mimi Smith when he sees her standing over him after he gets involved in a brawl at an antiwar speech. After ...See moreAlexander "Alec" Hamilton, Jr., a headstrong, but likable freshman at the state college, falls in love at first sight with co-ed Mimi Smith when he sees her standing over him after he gets involved in a brawl at an antiwar speech. After nearly getting into a couple of more fights, Alec, whose father, the owner of Hamilton Iron Works, is sending him through college, proposes to Mimi, who works her way through as a dining hall cashier, but she only agrees to date. After Alec breaks a date with Mimi when his fraternity initiation turns into an all-night drinking party, he meets a radical reading Karl Marx's Das Capital and, convinced that Mimi has not come up against the "realities of life," takes her to a rally in the park. The rally soon turns into a brawl when the people congregated resent Alec and Mimi's intrusion. Mimi and Alec become engaged, but when Alec, on a whim, buys a car instead of her engagement ring, she calls him a spoiled child and says that they should not see each other again. After she sees him driving with Gladys Cottle, who tries to make her jealous, Mimi returns Alec's fraternity pin. As Alec gets acquainted with one of his instructors, Professor Barth, the professor's wife Mary, who is ill, and Robert Neal, an excellent student who is confined to a wheelchair, he begins to mature; however, when he thinks that Mimi and Professor Donald Woolsey, who has fallen in love with her, are making fun of his singing at Glee Club practice, Alec rebukes Mimi, goes drinking with Gladys and neglects his studies. After the dean reprimands Alec and he is arrested for reckless driving, Mimi writes his father and convinces him not to give Alec money so that he will have to work. Alec gets a job in the University Cafe, and when he learns from Neal that Mrs. Barth will die if she does not get to a better climate soon, he retrieves his fraternity pin from Gladys, who gives it up for a kiss when she sees Mimi watching, hocks it with his watch and sells his blood to get $200, which he leaves anonymously for Mary and Professor Barth so that they can go to the desert. After Mimi reprimands Alec for kissing Gladys, Woolsey, who saw Alec leave the money, tells Mimi of the deed and explains that Alec needed contact with something real: the Barths. Mimi stops Alec from leaving school, and they are reconciled. See less

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33 cast members

Name	Known for
Tom Brown Alec Hamilton Alec Hamilton See fewer	Merrily We Live (1938)
Anita Louise Mimi Smith Mimi Smith See fewer	The Little Princess (1939)
Henry B. Walthall Professor Barth Professor Barth See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Mae Marsh Mrs. Mary Barth Mrs. Mary Barth See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Arline Judge Gladys Cottle Gladys Cottle See fewer	Sensation Hunters (1933)
Frank Albertson Pete Illings Pete Illings See fewer	Psycho (1960)
George Meeker Prof. Donald Woolsey Prof. Donald Woolsey See fewer	High Sierra (1940)
Frank Melton Jim Lancaster Jim Lancaster See fewer	State Fair (1933)
Berton Churchill Alexander Hamilton Sr. Alexander Hamilton Sr. See fewer	Stagecoach (1939)
John Arledge Robert Neal Robert Neal See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Stepin Fetchit Bulga Bulga See fewer	Judge Priest (1934)
Eddie Baker Police Officer (uncredited) Police Officer (uncredited) See fewer	Oranges and Lemons (1923)
Hal Boyer Football Star (uncredited) Football Star (uncredited) See fewer	Libel (1938)
Tex Brodus Student (uncredited) Student (uncredited) See fewer	South Pacific (1958)
Anita Brown Bulga's Sweetheart (uncredited) Bulga's Sweetheart (uncredited) See fewer	Song of the South (1946)
Alan Davis Interne (uncredited) Interne (uncredited) See fewer	The Big Guy (1939)
Claire Du Brey Hamilton's Secretary (uncredited) Hamilton's Secretary (uncredited) See fewer	The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Jim Farley Sheriff (uncredited) Sheriff (uncredited) See fewer	The General (1926)
Francis Ford Pawnbroker (uncredited) Pawnbroker (uncredited) See fewer	The Purple Mask (1916)
Edward Gargan Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited) See fewer	The Falcon's Brother (1942)
Ben Hall Fraternity Pledge (uncredited) Fraternity Pledge (uncredited) See fewer	Scotty of the Scouts (1926)
Maynard Holmes Southern Boy (uncredited) Southern Boy (uncredited) See fewer	Dancing Lady (1933)
George Humbert Ice Cream Dealer (uncredited) Ice Cream Dealer (uncredited) See fewer	Street Scene (1931)
Andrea Leeds Student Occupations Bureau Clerk (uncredited) Student Occupations Bureau Clerk (uncredited) See fewer	Stage Door (1937)
John McGuire Radical (uncredited) Radical (uncredited) See fewer	Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
J. Carrol Naish Radical Speaker (uncredited) Radical Speaker (uncredited) See fewer	Sahara (I) (1943)
Steve Pendleton Upper Classman (uncredited) Upper Classman (uncredited) See fewer	Killers from Space (1954)
Jed Prouty Alumnus (uncredited) Alumnus (uncredited) See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
Enrico Ricardi Singer (uncredited) Singer (uncredited) See fewer	A Night at the Opera (1935)
Gloria Roy Co-ed (uncredited) Co-ed (uncredited) See fewer	Hot Pepper (1933)
Hector V. Sarno Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited) Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited) See fewer	Martin Chuzzlewit (1914)
Max Wagner Tough Character (uncredited) Tough Character (uncredited) See fewer	Invaders from Mars (1953)
Fred Wallace Football Hero (uncredited) Football Hero (uncredited) See fewer	The Sea God (1930)