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College Swing, also known as Swing, Teacher, Swing in the U.K., is a comedy film
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 directed by Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh was an United States film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh....
 and starring George Burns
George Burns

George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
, Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
, Martha Raye
Martha Raye

Martha Raye was an United States comic actress and traditional pop music singer who performed in film, and later on television.Biography...
, and Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
. It features Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton was an United States character actor with a long career including film, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons....
, Ben Blue
Ben Blue

Ben Blue , born Benjamin Bernstein, was a Canadian-American actor and comedian.In the 1920s Bernstein joined a popular orchestra, Jack White and His Montrealers....
, Betty Grable
Betty Grable

Betty Grable was an American dancer, singer, and actress.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era....
, Jackie Coogan
Jackie Coogan

John Leslie Coogan was an United States actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent film....
 and Jerry Colonna
Jerry Colonna

Jerry Colonna was an Italian-American comedian, singer and songwriter, remembered best as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks on Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s....
.
1738, and Gracie Alden (Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
) of the powerful Alden family fails to graduate from the college founded by her grandfather for the ninth year in a row, so he leaves it in his will to the first female of the family to graduate within 200 years.






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College Swing, also known as Swing, Teacher, Swing in the U.K., is a comedy film
Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on Humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies....
 directed by Raoul Walsh
Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh was an United States film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh....
 and starring George Burns
George Burns

George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
, Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
, Martha Raye
Martha Raye

Martha Raye was an United States comic actress and traditional pop music singer who performed in film, and later on television.Biography...
, and Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
. It features Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton was an United States character actor with a long career including film, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons....
, Ben Blue
Ben Blue

Ben Blue , born Benjamin Bernstein, was a Canadian-American actor and comedian.In the 1920s Bernstein joined a popular orchestra, Jack White and His Montrealers....
, Betty Grable
Betty Grable

Betty Grable was an American dancer, singer, and actress.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era....
, Jackie Coogan
Jackie Coogan

John Leslie Coogan was an United States actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent film....
 and Jerry Colonna
Jerry Colonna

Jerry Colonna was an Italian-American comedian, singer and songwriter, remembered best as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks on Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s....
.

Plot

It's 1738, and Gracie Alden (Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
) of the powerful Alden family fails to graduate from the college founded by her grandfather for the ninth year in a row, so he leaves it in his will to the first female of the family to graduate within 200 years. At the deadline, in 1938, another Gracie Alden, the last girl of the line, is having trouble with her studies, so she hires fast-talking Bud Brady (Bob Hope
Bob Hope

Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
) to help her. Her efforts are opposed by woman-hating professor Hubert Dash (Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton was an United States character actor with a long career including film, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons....
) and his secretary George Jones (George Burns
George Burns

George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
), who don't want to see their beloved college fall into the hands of an empty-headed nit-wit like Gracie.

When by hook and by crook Gracie manages to pass her exam and becomes the owner of the college, she does away with entrance exams, hires a bunch of incompetent but kooky teachers, and turns the place into a jumpin' jitterbugging joint complete with swing bands and remote radio broadcasts.

Cast

  • George Burns
    George Burns

    George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
     as George Jonas
  • Gracie Allen
    Gracie Allen

    Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , better known as Gracie Allen, was an United States comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns....
     as Gracie Alden
  • Martha Raye
    Martha Raye

    Martha Raye was an United States comic actress and traditional pop music singer who performed in film, and later on television.Biography...
     as Mable
  • Bob Hope
    Bob Hope

    Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
     as Bud Brady
  • Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton

    Edward Everett Horton was an United States character actor with a long career including film, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons....
     as Hubert Dash
  • Florence George as Ginna Ashburn
  • Ben Blue
    Ben Blue

    Ben Blue , born Benjamin Bernstein, was a Canadian-American actor and comedian.In the 1920s Bernstein joined a popular orchestra, Jack White and His Montrealers....
     as Ben Volt
  • Betty Grable
    Betty Grable

    Betty Grable was an American dancer, singer, and actress.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era....
     as Betty
  • Jackie Coogan
    Jackie Coogan

    John Leslie Coogan was an United States actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent film....
     as Jackie
  • John Payne
    John Payne (actor)

    John Payne was an American movie actor who is mainly remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox film musicals, as well as his leading role in Miracle on 34th Street....
     as Martin Bates
  • Cecil Cunningham
    Cecil Cunningham

    Cecil Cunningham was an American actress. She appeared in more than 80 movies between 1929 and 1946. Her grave is located in Chapel of the Pines Crematory....
     as Dean Sleet
  • Robert Cummings
    Robert Cummings

    Robert Cummings , also known as Bob Cummings, was an United States motion picture and television actor, noted for his fresh faced youthful look which lasted long into his old age....
     as Radio Announcer
  • Skinnay Ennis
    Skinnay Ennis

    Robert "Skinnay" Ennis was an American jazz and pop music bandleader.Ennis was born in Salisbury, North Carolina and met Hal Kemp while attending the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill....
     as Skinnay
  • Jerry Colonna
    Jerry Colonna

    Jerry Colonna was an Italian-American comedian, singer and songwriter, remembered best as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks on Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s....
     as Prof. Yascha Koloski (uncredited)
  • The Slate Brothers as themselves
  • Robert Mitchell and St. Brendan's Choristers as themselves
Cast notes:
  • Mary Livingstone
    Mary Livingstone

    Mary Livingstone , was an United States radio comedienne and the wife and radio partner of comedy great Jack Benny . Enlisted almost entirely by accident to perform on her husband's popular program, she proved a talented comedienne....
    , who became well-known as the wife of Jack Benny
    Jack Benny

    Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudeville, and actor for radio programming, television, and film.Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "...
    , appears in a small uncredited part as an usherette.
  • Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable were married at the time they made this film together.


Songs

  • "The Old School Bell" - sung by Robert Mitchell and St. Brendan's Choristers


  • "Moments Like This" - by Burton Lane
    Burton Lane

    Burton Lane was an United States composer and lyricist....
     (music) and Frank Loesser
    Frank Loesser

    Frank Henry Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the scores to the Broadway theatre hits Guys And Dolls and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others....
     (words), performed by Florence George


  • "I Fall in Love with You Every Day" - by Manning Sherwin
    Manning Sherwin

    Manning Sherwin was an United States composer. Born in Philadelphia, Sherwin attended Columbia University before embarking upon a long career in musical theatre and films....
     (music) and Frank Loesser (words), performed by Florence George and John Payne
    John Payne

    John Payne may refer to:*John Payne , an American movie actor and singer*John Payne , a Canadian voice actor*John Payne , an English poet and translator...


  • "College Swing" - by Hoagy Carmichael
    Hoagy Carmichael

    Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael was an United States composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for writing "Stardust " , and "Heart and Soul ", two of the most-recorded American songs of all time....
     (music) and Frank Loesser (words), sung by Betty Grable
    Betty Grable

    Betty Grable was an American dancer, singer, and actress.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era....
     and Skinnay Ennis
    Skinnay Ennis

    Robert "Skinnay" Ennis was an American jazz and pop music bandleader.Ennis was born in Salisbury, North Carolina and met Hal Kemp while attending the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill....
    , danced by Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan
    Jackie Coogan

    John Leslie Coogan was an United States actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent film....


  • "How'ja Like to Love Me?" - by Burton Lane (music) and Frank Loesser (words), performed by Martha Raye
    Martha Raye

    Martha Raye was an United States comic actress and traditional pop music singer who performed in film, and later on television.Biography...
     and Bob Hope
    Bob Hope

    Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....


  • "What Did Romeo Say To Juliet?" - by Burton Lane (music) and Frank Loesser (words), performed by John Payne and Florence George


  • "What a Rumba Does to Romance" - by Manning Sherwin (music) and Frank Loesser (lyrics), performed by Martha Raye
    Martha Raye

    Martha Raye was an United States comic actress and traditional pop music singer who performed in film, and later on television.Biography...
     with Ben Blue
    Ben Blue

    Ben Blue , born Benjamin Bernstein, was a Canadian-American actor and comedian.In the 1920s Bernstein joined a popular orchestra, Jack White and His Montrealers....
    , danced by Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan, George Burns
    George Burns

    George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
     and Gracie Allen, The Slate Brothers, and unidentified extras


  • "You're a Natural" - by Manning Sherwin (music) and Frank Loesser (lyrics), performed by Gracie Allen


  • "Irish Washerwoman" - traditional Irish jig, danced by Gracie Allen


  • "Please" - performed by Jerry Colonna
    Jerry Colonna

    Jerry Colonna was an Italian-American comedian, singer and songwriter, remembered best as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks on Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s....


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