Dancing Co-Ed

Dancing Co-Ed

84 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 29, 1939

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.

Dancing Co-Ed

84 mins | Comedy, Romance | Sept. 29, 1939

Dancing Co-Ed
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Dancing Co-Ed
Directors S. Sylvan Simon
Writers Albert Treynor, Albert Mannheimer

Cast

Lana Turner

as Patty Marlow

Richard Carlson

as 'Pug' Braddock

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

Artie Shaw

as Artie Shaw

Mary Field

as Miss Jennie 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 Braddock

Veronica Lake

as Woman on Motorcycle

Edward Arnold Jr.

as Student (uncredited)

Georgie Auld

as Tenor Saxophonist (uncredited)

Alexander Albert Avola

as Guitarist (uncredited)

King Baggot

as Man in Casting Office (uncredited)

Benny Baker

as Chief Evans (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as Secretary (voice) (uncredited)

Johnny Best

as Trumpeter (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

as Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)

Hal Brazeale

as Kidnapper (uncredited)

Rand Brooks

as Steve (uncredited)

Edgar Caldwell

as Boy (uncredited)

Jack Chapin

as Captain (uncredited)

Dora Clement

as Workman's Secretary (uncredited)

Maxine Cook

as (uncredited)

John Daheim

as Assistant Stage Director (uncredited)

John Dawson

as (uncredited)

Bobby Dease

as (uncredited)

Helen Deverell

as Ms. Babe Harkness (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Edythe Elliott

as Housemother Listening to Beethoven (uncredited)

Caroline Frasher

as (uncredited)

June Gittelson

as Fat Girl (uncredited)

John Gubbins

as Kidnapper (uncredited)

Lois James

as Fat Girl in Gym (uncredited)

Edna Mae Jones

as Girl in Gym Party (uncredited)

Gwen Kenyon

as Jean Royce (uncredited)

William Lally

as Policeman

Hal Le Sueur

as Boy (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

as Flapjack Waitress (uncredited)

Lynn Lewis

as Ms. Toots Barton (uncredited)

Maxine Marx

as Girl (uncredited)

Art Miles

as Dimitri (uncredited)

Mavis Mims

as Ms. Christie Charter (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Workman's Stooge (uncredited)

David Oliver

as Meek Truck Driver (uncredited)

Tony Pastor

as Tenor Saxophonist (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Workman's Stooge (uncredited)

Eugene Radovitch

as Shakespearean Radio Actor (voice)

Buddy Rich

as Drummer (uncredited)

Les Robinson

as Alto Saxophonist (uncredited)

Earl Seaman

as Policeman (uncredited)

Charles Thomas

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Celia Travers

as Carol (uncredited)

Laura Treadwell

as Dean of Women

Minerva Urecal

as Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

as Short Kidnapper (uncredited)

John Wald

as Newscaster (uncredited)

Robert Walker

as Boy (uncredited)

Sid Weiss

as Bassist (uncredited)

Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt

as Fat Student (uncredited)

Dick Winslow

as Man on Motorcycle (uncredited)

Marjorie Woodworth

as Baton Specialty (uncredited)