Pigskin Parade
Summary:
The first of 20th Century-Fox's college musicals, Pigskin Parade is also close to the best of them in musical terms -- though they were all at least pretty good on that level -- principally thanks to the presence of 13-year-old Judy Garland, playing an Arkansas farm girl with surprising sincerity and success (in addition to belting out a couple of numbers with the depth and sinc... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Patsy Kelly - (Bessie Winters)
Jack Haley - ("Slug" Winston Winters)
Stuart Erwin - (Amos Dodd)
Johnny Downs - (Chip Carson)
Betty Grable - (Laura Watson)
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Review:
Director David Butler isn't quite as nimble as some of the others who would take on this sort of movie in the future, but as a first effort in a new comedy sub-genre (at least, for the talkie era), he keeps the dialogue and the pace snappy and gets a lot out of his performers. Indeed, some of the funnier scenes here are played by actors such as ... Continue >>
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