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and Lana Turner, with Tom Brown,

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, Richard Carlson,

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and Ann Rutherford in featured roles.

Plot summary

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.

Cast

as Philip S. 'Phil' Griswold III * Lana Turner as Jane Thomas * Tom Brown as Homer Ten Eyck * Richard Carlson as Joe *

as Carol Christy *

as Daphne 'Daph' Graves * Marsha Hunt as Betty Ainsbridge * Ann Rutherford as Mary Rose Wilston * Mary Beth Hughes as Ann Van Reichton * Owen Davis Jr. as Greg Smith *

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as Alumnus of Harvard * Sumner Getchell as Blimpy * Peter Lind Hayes as Skel Lorimer (as Peter Hayes) * Don Castle as Jack * Tom Collins as Tommy Torgler

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $420,000 in the US and Canada and $160,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $33,000.

References

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* * * * 1939 films 1930s romantic comedy-drama films American black-and-white films American romantic comedy-drama films 1930s English-language films Films directed by S. Sylvan Simon Films set in universities and colleges Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1939 comedy films 1939 drama films Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) 1930s American films {{1930s-comedy-drama-film-stub