16 Dec 1939
Screwball Football
A series of gags hung on a football game.
College Days
Jim Gordon, the son of a proud and loving father, enters the University of California as a student. There he meets Mary Ward, a campus coed who captures his heart on the first day. He becomes close friends with Larry Powell, his roommate, but incurs the wrath of Kenneth Slade, who is unable to take a practical joke. Jim and Larry attend a campus dance with Bessie and Phyllis, two vamps, and through a series of romantic complications Jim tries to convince Mary of his love for her.
Top Billed Cast
Marceline Day Mary Ward
Charles Delaney Jim Gordon
James Harrison Larry Powell
Duane Thompson Phyllis
Brooks Benedict Kenneth Slade
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