Good News
Brief Synopsis
A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
Cast & Crew
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Nick Grinde
Director
Mary Lawlor
Connie
Stanley Smith
Tom
Bessie Love
Babe
Cliff Edwards
Kearney
Gus Shy
Bobby
Film Details
Genre
Musical
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
Aug
23,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Good News by Laurence Schwab, Lew Brown, Frank Mandel, Ray Henderson and B. G. DeSylva (New York, 6 Sep 1927).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 17m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White, Color (Technicolor)
Film Length
8,100ft
(11 reels)
Synopsis
Among the students at Tait College are football star Tom Marlowe, whose neglect of studies threatens the chances of the school team; Bobby, a wise-cracking freshman, who makes a play for the school vamp, Babe, and wins her; and Connie, who falls for Tom. Although they all prefer the Varsity Drag to studying, Tom is finally reinstated with the help of Professor Kenyon. He wins the climactic game as well as the love of Connie.
Director
Nick Grinde
Director
Cast
Mary Lawlor
Connie
Stanley Smith
Tom
Bessie Love
Babe
Cliff Edwards
Kearney
Gus Shy
Bobby
Lola Lane
Pat
Thomas Jackson
Coach
Delmer Daves
Beef
Billy Taft
Freshman
Frank Mcglynn
Professor Kenyon
Dorothy Mcnulty
Flo
Helyn Virgil
Vera Marsh
Girls
Abe Lyman And His Band
Crew
Lew Brown
Composer
Nacio Herb Brown
Interpolations
Nacio Herb Brown
Composer
David Cox
Wardrobe
Buddy Desylva
Composer
Joe Farnham
Dial
Felix Feist Jr.
Interpolations
Russell Franks
Recording Engineer
Arthur Freed
Composer
Arthur Freed
Interpolations
Cedric Gibbons
Art Director
Ray Henderson
Composer
Percy Hilburn
Director of Photography
William Le Vanway
Film Editor
Sammy Lee
Dance Director
Edgar J. Macgregor
Stage Director
Frances Marion
Screenwriter
Reggie Montgomery
Composer
Reggie Montgomery
Interpolations
J. Russel Robinson
Composer
Larry Shay
Composer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Engineer
George Waggner
Composer
George Ward
Composer
Film Details
Genre
Musical
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
Aug
23,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Good News by Laurence Schwab, Lew Brown, Frank Mandel, Ray Henderson and B. G. DeSylva (New York, 6 Sep 1927).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 17m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White, Color (Technicolor)
Film Length
8,100ft
(11 reels)
Quotes
I'll knock you so flat, they could play you on a Victrola.- Beef
Trivia
The original musical comedy opened in New York on 6 September 1927.
