Youth on Parade (1942)
72 min
In this musical, a gang of college students decide to play a little trick by creating the perfect student. The fictional gal has everything a university would ever want. The trouble begins when the campus psych professor becomes determined to meet this girl. If the gang cannot bring her forward, they will be expelled. They hire a New York actress to portray the imaginary girl and all is well at the end. Songs include: "It Seems I've Heard That Song Before," "You're So Good to Me" "If It's Love," "Man," "Gotcha Too Ta Mee," "You Got to Study, Buddy." All the songs were penned by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne who went on to become one of Hollywood's top song-writing teams.
- Release date
- October 24, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John Hubbard as Prof. Gerald Payne
- Ruth Terry as Patty Flynn
- Ruth Terry as Betty Reilly
- Martha O'Driscoll as Sally Carlyle
- Tom Brown as Bingo Brown
- Charles Smith as Willie Webster
- Lynn Merrick as Emmy Lou Piper
- Nana Bryant as Agatha Frost
- Ivan F. Simpson as Dean Wharton
- Chick Chandler as Eddie Reilly
- Richard Beavers as Bruce Langley
Crew
- Albert S. Rogell · Director
- George Carleton Brown · Writer
- Frank Gill Jr. · Writer
- Ernest Miller · Cinematographer
- Howard O'Neill · Editor