Dancing Co-Ed
29/09/1939
1h 24m



After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
Cast


Lana Turner
Patty Marlow


Richard Carlson
'Pug' Braddock


Ann Rutherford
Eve Greeley


Lee Bowman
Freddy Tobin


Thurston Hall
Henry W. Workman


Leon Errol
Sam "Pops" Marlow


Roscoe Karns
Joe Drews


Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
Mary Field
Miss Jennie May


Walter Kingsford
President Cavendish


Mary Beth Hughes
"Toddy" Tobin


June Preisser
"Ticky" James


Monty Woolley
Professor Lange


Chester Clute
Braddock


Veronica Lake
Woman on Motorcycle
Edward Arnold Jr.
Student (uncredited)
Georgie Auld
Tenor Saxophonist (uncredited)
Alexander Albert Avola
Guitarist (uncredited)


King Baggot
Man in Casting Office (uncredited)


Benny Baker
Chief Evans (uncredited)


Barbara Bedford
Secretary (voice) (uncredited)
Johnny Best
Trumpeter (uncredited)


Billy Bletcher
Radio Man (voice) (uncredited)
Hal Brazeale
Kidnapper (uncredited)


Rand Brooks
Steve (uncredited)
Edgar Caldwell
Boy (uncredited)
Jack Chapin
Captain (uncredited)


Dora Clement
Workman's Secretary (uncredited)
Maxine Cook
(uncredited)


John Daheim
Assistant Stage Director (uncredited)


John Dawson
(uncredited)
Bobby Dease
(uncredited)
Helen Deverell
Ms. Babe Harkness (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Edythe Elliott
Housemother Listening to Beethoven (uncredited)
Caroline Frasher
(uncredited)


June Gittelson
Fat Girl (uncredited)
John Gubbins
Kidnapper (uncredited)
Lois James
Fat Girl in Gym (uncredited)
Edna Mae Jones
Girl in Gym Party (uncredited)


Gwen Kenyon
Jean Royce (uncredited)
William Lally
Policeman


Hal Le Sueur
Boy (uncredited)


Ethelreda Leopold
Flapjack Waitress (uncredited)
Lynn Lewis
Ms. Toots Barton (uncredited)
Maxine Marx
Girl (uncredited)
Art Miles
Dimitri (uncredited)
Mavis Mims
Ms. Christie Charter (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Workman's Stooge (uncredited)


David Oliver
Meek Truck Driver (uncredited)


Tony Pastor
Tenor Saxophonist (uncredited)


Lee Phelps
Workman's Stooge (uncredited)
Eugene Radovitch
Shakespearean Radio Actor (voice)
Buddy Rich
Drummer (uncredited)
Les Robinson
Alto Saxophonist (uncredited)
Earl Seaman
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Thomas
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Celia Travers
Carol (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell
Dean of Women


Minerva Urecal
Woman on Radio (voice) (uncredited)


Philip Van Zandt
Short Kidnapper (uncredited)
John Wald
Newscaster (uncredited)


Robert Walker
Boy (uncredited)
Sid Weiss
Bassist (uncredited)
Wayne 'Tiny' Whitt
Fat Student (uncredited)


Dick Winslow
Man on Motorcycle (uncredited)


Marjorie Woodworth
Baton Specialty (uncredited)


Caren Marsh
Woman
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