Film

Varsity Show

1937 · 2h · Music

IT'S THE CHEER LEADER OF ALL SCREEN MUSICALS!

IMDb

6.1

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.

Dick Powell

Charles 'Chuck' Daly

Ted Healy

William Williams

Rosemary Lane

Barbara 'Babs' Steward

Priscilla Lane

Betty Bradley

Walter Catlett

Professor Sylvester Biddle

Johnnie Davis

Buzz Bolton

Ford Washington Lee

Buck

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Bubbles

Sterling Holloway

Trout

Mabel Todd

Cuddles

Scotty Bates

Scotty

George MacFarland

Hap

Poley McClintock

Poley

Lee Dixon

Johnny 'Rubberlegs' Stevens

Halliwell Hobbes

Dean Meredith

Roy Atwell

Professor Washburn

• William KeighleyDirector
• Sig HerzigScreenplay · Story
• Jerry WaldScreenplay
• Richard MacaulayScreenplay
• Warren DuffStory · Screenplay
• Sol PolitoDirector of Photography

Release date

September 4, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h

Genres

Music

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