Dancing Co-Ed
1939 romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon
- September 29, 1939 (1939-09-29)
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Dancing Co-Ed is a 1939 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lana Turner in the title role, Richard Carlson as an inquisitive college reporter, and bandleader Artie Shaw as himself.
Plot
When a dancer's partner becomes pregnant, a nationwide search is instituted to find a replacement from among college women. A perfect choice is found, but she is not in school, resulting in various hijinks.
Cast
- Lana Turner as Patty Marlow
- Richard Carlson as Michael "Pug" Braddock
- Artie Shaw as himself
- Ann Rutherford as Eve Greeley
- Lee Bowman as Freddy Tobin
- Thurston Hall as Henry W. Workman
- Leon Errol as Sam "Pops" Marlow
- Roscoe Karns as Joe Drews
- Mary Field as Miss Jenny May
- Walter Kingsford as President Cavendish
- Mary Beth Hughes as "Toddy" Tobin
- June Preisser as "Ticky" James
- Monty Woolley as Professor Lange
- Chester Clute as Pee Wee
Veronica Lake and Robert Walker have uncredited parts.
Box office
According to MGM records the film earned $518,000 in the US and Canada and $195,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $21,000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dancing Co-Ed.
- Dancing Co-Ed at IMDb
- Dancing Co-Ed at the TCM Movie Database
- Dancing Co-Ed at AllMovie
- Dancing Co-Ed at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by S. Sylvan Simon
- A Girl with Ideas (1937)
- Prescription for Romance (1937)
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
- The Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
- Spring Madness (1938)
- Four Girls in White (1939)
- The Kid from Texas (1939)
- These Glamour Girls (1939)
- Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
- Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
- Sporting Blood (1940)
- Dulcy (1940)
- Keeping Company (1940)
- Washington Melodrama (1941)
- Whistling in the Dark (1941)
- The Bugle Sounds (1942)
- Rio Rita (1942)
- Grand Central Murder (1942)
- Tish (1942)
- Whistling in Dixie (1942)
- Salute to the Marines (1943)
- Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
- Song of the Open Road (1944)
- Son of Lassie (1945)
- Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
- Bad Bascomb (1946)
- The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
- The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
- Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
- I Love Trouble (1948)
- The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
- Lust for Gold (1949)
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