College Holiday
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Harlan Ware
Jay Gorney
Henry Myers
Harlan Thompson
| College Holiday | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
| Written by | J.P. McEvoy Harlan Ware Jay Gorney Henry Myers |
| Produced by | William LeBaron Harlan Thompson |
| Starring | Jack Benny George Burns Gracie Allen Martha Raye |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
| Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
| Music by | Score: Boris Morros Songs: Burton Lane (music)[1] Ralph Freed (lyrics) Ralph Rainger (music) Leo Robin (lyrics)[2] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
College Holiday is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Martha Raye.[3] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
A woman hotelier with an interest in eugenics invites some young men to spend the summer.[4]
Genetic theories are satirized.[5] The final song and dance number features some of the cast performing a blackface minstrel show.[6]
Cast
- Jack Benny as J. Davis Bowster
- George Burns as George Hymen
- Gracie Allen as Calliope 'Gracie' Dove
- Mary Boland as Carola P. Gaye
- Martha Raye as Daisy Schloggenheimer
- Ben Blue as Stage Hand
- Marsha Hunt as Sylvia Smith
- Leif Erickson as Dick Winters
- Eleanore Whitney as Eleanore Wayne
- Johnny Downs as Johnny Jones
- Ellen Drew as Dancer on Train
- California Collegians as California Collegians
Reception
New York Times reviewer Frank Nugent wrote that the film benefited from a "good-humored informality which protects the piece against too biting a review"...(the film)..."demands nothing of the beholder but unlimited patience or an appetite for the ageless rudiments of vaudeville."[7][6][8][9]
Robert Osborne appeared in an Introduction & Outro for Turner Classic Movies.
