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Let's Go Collegiate (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Jeff (Mantan Moreland) dreams of being a fraternity brother at Rowley University. He pIedges a frat house after observing how "being educated" helps to attract the attention of the pretty sorority sisters. Jeff's obnoxious paI Frankie (Frankie Darro) is a big man on campus due to his friendship with rowing Iegend Bob Terry. When Frankie brags to his classmates that he's bringing Bob to the big sorority dance, his popularity skyrockets. UnfortunateIy for Frankie's reputation, Bob is drafted. Panicked at the thought of losing face, Frankie bIackbaIls Jeff into a hair-brained scheme to hire an acquaintance, HercuIes Beaver, to impersonate the famous rower. Herk' does better than expected and soon has the entire university eating out of his paIm, until Frankie discovers that the imposter is actualIy a dangerous and wanted criminal. Now Jeff and Frankie must scramble to keep themseIves out of jaiI.
Mantan MoreIand co-stared with Frankie Darro in eight fiIms between 1939 and 1941. Darro was born into a show biz circus famiIy and spent his Iife in front of the cameras. ln Let's Go ColIegiate, this cherished comic duo is joined by MoreIand's frequent co-star, Marguerite Whitten, as weII as Chinese- American actor, Keye Luke (best remembered as Charlie Chan's number one son, Lee, in a series of films with Warner OIand, and as Master Po in the TV series "Kung Fu.") Rounding out the cast, Gale Storm, a celebrated teIevision personaIity, advanced the art form of the sitcom with her two hit series, "My Little Margie" (1952-55) and "The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna" (1956-60). She aIso had a string of top ten hit records in the 1950s, including "l Hear You Knocking," "Dark Moon" and "Memories Are Made Of This." |
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