Sweetheart of the Campus is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's working title was Betty Co-ed and it was also released as Broadway Ahead.
Plot Betty Blake is a lead vocalist for Ozzie Norton's orchestra. Vowing to prevent a hostile takeover of a college by puritanical trustee Minnie Sparr, Betty, Ozzie and his entire band enroll as college students.
Cast Ruby Keeler as Betty Blake Ozzie Nelson as Ozzie Norton Harriet Hilliard as Harriet Hale Gordon Oliver as Terry Jones Don Beddoe as Sheriff Denby Charles Judels as Tomasso/Victor Demond Kathleen Howard as Mrs. Minnie Sparr Byron Foulger as Dr. Bailey George Lessey as Dr. Hale Frank Gaby as Dr. Grimsby Leo Watson as Tom Tom Four Spirits of Rhythm as Tom Tom's accompanists
References
Bibliography Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
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