Varsity Show

Varsity Show

120 mins | Music | Sept. 4, 1937

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.

Varsity Show

120 mins | Music | Sept. 4, 1937

Varsity Show
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Varsity Show
Directors William Keighley
Writers Sig Herzig, Richard Macaulay, Jerry Wald, Warren Duff

Cast

Dick Powell

as Charles 'Chuck' Daly

Ted Healy

as William Williams

Rosemary Lane

as Barbara 'Babs' Steward

Priscilla Lane

as Betty Bradley

Walter Catlett

as Professor Sylvester Biddle

Johnnie Davis

as Buzz Bolton

Fred Waring

as Ernie Mason

Mabel Todd

as Cuddles

Scotty Bates

as Scotty

Poley McClintock

as Poley

Lee Dixon

as Johnny 'Rubberlegs' Stevens

Halliwell Hobbes

as Dean Meredith

Roy Atwell

as Professor Washburn

Edward Brophy

as Mike Barclay

Ben Welden

as Hammer

Emma Dunn

as Mrs. Smith

Stuart Holmes

as Professor (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Police Sgt. Murphy (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

as Policeman (uncredited)

Carole Landis

as Student (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as Police Commissioner (uncredited) / Police Commissioner

Jack Mower

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Kenneth Anspach

as Student

Veda Ann Borg

as Passerby

Buck and Bubbles

as Themselves

Glen Cavender

as Stagehand

Don Downen

as Elevator Operator

Jane Doyle

as Student

John George Doyle

as Student

Earl Dwire

as Professor

Sarah Edwards

as Mrs. Biddle

Sol Gorss

as Stagehand

John Harron

as Clerk

Buddy Henry

as Man

Harry Hollingsworth

as Doorman

Amo Ingraham

as Chorus Girl

Wade Lane

as Professor

Ethelreda Leopold

as Chorus Girl

Al Lloyd

as Taxi Driver

Spec O'Donnell

as Student

Virginia Pitman

as Woman

Cliff Saum

as Man (voice)

Ferris Taylor

as Mayor Jones

Rosella Towne

as Passerby

Tom Wilson

as Stagehand

Betty Wonder

as Student

Tommy Wonder

as Student

Walter Young

as Professor

Maxine Fisher

as Woman (uncredited)