The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

72 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Aug. 14, 1953

Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English instruction, and Dobie's role in a chemistry lab explosion convinces Mr. Hammer he is right. Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an Eastern school, but with the help of Happy Stella Kolawski's all-girl band, several hundred students and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

72 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Aug. 14, 1953

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English instruction, and Dobie's role in a chemistry lab explosion convinces Mr. Hammer he is right. Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an Eastern school, but with the help of Happy Stella Kolawski's all-girl band, several hundred students and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Directors Don Weis, Joel Freeman
Writers Max Shulman

Cast

Debbie Reynolds

as Pansy Hammer

Bobby Van

as Dobie Gillis

Barbara Ruick

as Lorna Ellingboe

Bob Fosse

as Charlie Trask

Hanley Stafford

as George Hammer

Lurene Tuttle

as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer

Hans Conried

as Prof. Pomfritt

Charles Lane

as Prof. Obispo

Archer MacDonald

as Harry Dorcas

Kathleen Freeman

as Stella Kowalski

Almira Sessions

as Aunt Naomi

Willis Bouchey

as Dr. Askit (uncredited)

Charles Halton

as The Dean (uncredited)

Percy Helton

as Mr. Hammersmith (uncredited)

Donald Elson

as Advisor (uncredited)