Directed by:
Raoul WalshCinematography:
Victor MilnerComposer:
Gordon JenkinsCast:
George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Payne, Cecil Cunningham, Robert Cummings (more)Plots(1)
In 1738, a pact is drawn up between the Alden family and a highly respected Colonial college: If any female member of the family can pass her college exams within a 200-year period, ownership of the institution will be turned over to her. Two hundred years later in 1938, the last of the Alden girls, Gracie Alden hires Bud Brady to help her pass her exams. She also tries to win over no-nonsense professor Hubert Dash, who has no intention of handing his college over to a ditzy young lady like Gracie. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
George Burns
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Bob Hope
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Ben Blue
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John Payne
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Edward LeSaint
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