Rise and Shine is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Jack Oakie, George Murphy and Linda Darnell.Davis p.66 It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. It is inspired by the 1933 autobiography My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber.
Plot Gambling interests plan to kidnap star college football player Boley Bolenciecwcz to prevent him from playing in a big game where they have backed the other side.
Cast Jack Oakie as Boley Bolenciecwcz George Murphy as Jimmy McGonigle Linda Darnell as Louise Murray Walter Brennan as Grandpa Milton Berle as Seabiscuit Sheldon Leonard as Menace Donald Meek as Professor Philip Murray Ruth Donnelly as Mame Bacon Raymond Walburn as Colonel Bacon Donald MacBride as Coach Graham Emma Dunn as Mrs. Murray Charles Waldron as President Mildred Gover as Mrs. Robertson William Haade as Butch Dick Rich as Gogo John Hiestand as Announcer Claire Du Brey as Miss Pinkham Paul Harvey as Orville Turner Francis Pierlot as Professor Schnauzer Nestor Paiva as Captain
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Bibliography Davis, Ronald L. Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream. University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.
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