an uneven musical comedy about college football...
... or at least it starts out that way. Jack Oakie is the All-American football hero at a college where his mousey rival (Lanny Ross) plays in the band. They're both nuts for blonde Mary Brian (who looks great). The team mascot is Joe Penner (in his feature film debut) and his duck.
After graduation, Ross goes to work in daddy's big department store where mousey secretary Helen Mack is nuts for him. Along comes down-and-out Oakie looking for a job and is hired. He comes up with the idea of rival department stores having football teams, and we're right back where we started. Store employee Lyda Roberti takes a shine to Penner and leads an impressive production number "Take a Number from One to Ten," but the film's big song, "Stay as Sweet as You Are" is sung by Ross.
It has its moments. Penner utters the immortal words "wanna buy a duck?" If you look fast you can spot Jane Wyman in the chorus and Ann Sheridan as a sales girl.
After graduation, Ross goes to work in daddy's big department store where mousey secretary Helen Mack is nuts for him. Along comes down-and-out Oakie looking for a job and is hired. He comes up with the idea of rival department stores having football teams, and we're right back where we started. Store employee Lyda Roberti takes a shine to Penner and leads an impressive production number "Take a Number from One to Ten," but the film's big song, "Stay as Sweet as You Are" is sung by Ross.
It has its moments. Penner utters the immortal words "wanna buy a duck?" If you look fast you can spot Jane Wyman in the chorus and Ann Sheridan as a sales girl.
- AlsExGal
- Dec 21, 2023