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
This is a hodgepodge of various skits and songs haphazardly put together by a wisp of a plot of Gracie Allen inheriting a college by getting all her answers right after 200 years of her descendants doing the opposite. Ms. Allen does appear with husband and performing partner George Burns here but not all the way through as she also does scenes with Edward Everett Horton and Bob Hope, whose second feature this was for him. There's also Martha Raye and Ben Blue for additional comedy relief. Romantic leads are John Payne and Florence George though there's very little of that. Oh, and Betty Grable and then-husband Jackie Coogan also cut the rug quite nicely. In summary, this was quite entertaining and if you don't really care about the "plot", College Swing should go down real easy for you.
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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