| Calculus? Nah. Chem? No way. Russian Lit? Oh, please. College in 1929, in Hollywood at least, was all about girls, football and girls! Robert Montgomery graduates summa cum laughter in this rah-rah musical, playing a football star who lets a devious coed come between himself and his buddy (Elliott Nugent). Actual USC-Stanford game footage provides much of the gridiron action. And the two young actors would go on to first-string careers: Montgomery as one of the top leading men of the Golden Age and Nugent as a successful playwright (The Male Animal) and director (The Male Animal, My Favorite Brunette). |
