Sweetheart of the Campus
(1941)
64 or 67 mins | Comedy-drama | 26 June 1941
Director:
Edward DmytrykWriters:
Robert D. Andrews , Edmund HartmannProducer:
Jack FierCinematographer:
Franz F. PlanerEditor:
William LyonProduction Designer:
Lionel BanksProduction Company:
Columbia Pictures Corp.The working title of this film was Betty Co-Ed. Sweetheart of the Campus marked the first time that Ozzie Nelson and his wife Harriet Hilliard appeared together onscreen. This picture also marked Ruby Keeler's return to the screen after a three-year absence. Although a HR news item notes that Tim Ryan was to be featured in the cast, he does not appear in the viewed print. ...
The working title of this film was Betty Co-Ed. Sweetheart of the Campus marked the first time that Ozzie Nelson and his wife Harriet Hilliard appeared together onscreen. This picture also marked Ruby Keeler's return to the screen after a three-year absence. Although a HR news item notes that Tim Ryan was to be featured in the cast, he does not appear in the viewed print.
Bandleader Ozzie Norton and his featured dancer Betty Blake are about to open at a nightclub adjacent to the all- male campus of Lambert College when Mrs. Minnie Lambert Sparr, the college's puritanical chairman of the board, insists that the club be closed because a state law forbids the operation of a nightclub within five miles of the campus. Harriet Hale, the daughter of Dr. Hale, a professor at Lambert, accuses Mrs. Sparr of deliberately trying to sabotage the school, because under the terms of her late brother's will, the land on which the college sits will revert to her if enrollment drops below a certain number of students. After Ozzie and the band lead a march to protest Mrs. Sparr's actions, they are arrested by Sheriff Denby. When Harriet visits Betty and the band in jail and proposes that they all enter the college to boost enrollment, the band's publicist, Terry Jones, recognizes a great publicity slant and builds a campaign around the fact that Betty is the only co-ed on campus. After preempting the college television station, the band performs a number featuring Harriet singing. When Harriet and the band decide to turn an abandoned gym into a nightclub named the "College Club," Mrs. Sparr protests, but Harriet defends the legality of the club, describing it as a commissary with music. The musical notoriety of the school attracts an entire football team and a bevy of man-hungry co-eds. To prevent the school from attaining its necessary enrollment, Mrs. Sparr teams with Dr. Bailey to institute a series of examinations designed to fail all the students. Mrs. Sparr's plan succeeds, and Betty is ...
Bandleader Ozzie Norton and his featured dancer Betty Blake are about to open at a nightclub adjacent to the all- male campus of Lambert College when Mrs. Minnie Lambert Sparr, the college's puritanical chairman of the board, insists that the club be closed because a state law forbids the operation of a nightclub within five miles of the campus. Harriet Hale, the daughter of Dr. Hale, a professor at Lambert, accuses Mrs. Sparr of deliberately trying to sabotage the school, because under the terms of her late brother's will, the land on which the college sits will revert to her if enrollment drops below a certain number of students. After Ozzie and the band lead a march to protest Mrs. Sparr's actions, they are arrested by Sheriff Denby. When Harriet visits Betty and the band in jail and proposes that they all enter the college to boost enrollment, the band's publicist, Terry Jones, recognizes a great publicity slant and builds a campaign around the fact that Betty is the only co-ed on campus. After preempting the college television station, the band performs a number featuring Harriet singing. When Harriet and the band decide to turn an abandoned gym into a nightclub named the "College Club," Mrs. Sparr protests, but Harriet defends the legality of the club, describing it as a commissary with music. The musical notoriety of the school attracts an entire football team and a bevy of man-hungry co-eds. To prevent the school from attaining its necessary enrollment, Mrs. Sparr teams with Dr. Bailey to institute a series of examinations designed to fail all the students. Mrs. Sparr's plan succeeds, and Betty is the only student to pass because she has flattered Dr. Bailey. When Ozzie declares his love for Harriet and proposes to make her his featured singer, Betty becomes jealous and decides to leave for Broadway. Before she departs, Terry tells Betty that he has fallen in love with her. Betty becomes a smash on Broadway, and as Mrs. Sparr eagerly awaits the end of the term so that she can take over Lambert College, Betty marches in, leading a new flock of students she has recruited from her admirers. After Betty announces her intention to stay on campus, Terry kisses her.
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