Varsity Show

Varsity Show (1937)

IT'S THE CHEER LEADER OF ALL SCREEN MUSICALS!

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.

Date of release
1937-09-04
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (9)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Music
Director
William Keighley

Casting

Interesting facts

Varsity Show is a 1937 American musical film directed by William Keighley from a script by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Warren Duff and Sig Herzig and starring Dick Powell, Fred Waring and Waring's Pennsylvanians, Ted Healy and Priscilla Lane. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures, it features songs by Richard A. Whiting and many others. The finale was directed by Busby Berkeley.

Production

Almost the entirety of Varsity Show was filmed on the campus of Pomona College ("Winfield College" in the movie), which lead to students cutting classes. In 1937, Fred Waring was approached to play a starring role in this film. He brought his famous glee club, the Pennsylvanians, to the shoot and planned on using the college glee club from Pomona College for additional singers.

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