College Holiday

College Holiday
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Frank Tuttle
Written by	J.P. McEvoy Harlan Ware Jay Gorney Henry Myers
Produced by	William LeBaron Harlan Thompson
Starring	Jack Benny George Burns Gracie Allen Martha Raye
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Music by	Score: Boris Morros Songs: Burton Lane (music) Ralph Freed (lyrics) Ralph Rainger (music) Leo Robin (lyrics) [1]
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 19, 1936 (1936-12-19)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

College Holiday is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Martha Raye. ^[2] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

A woman hotelier with an interest in eugenics invites some young men to spend the summer.

Cast

• Jack Benny as J. Davis Bowster
• George Burns as George Hymen
• Gracie Allen as Calliope 'Gracie' Dove
• Mary Boland as Carola P. Gaye
• Martha Raye as Daisy Schloggenheimer
• Ben Blue as Stage Hand
• Marsha Hunt as Sylvia Smith
• Leif Erickson as Dick Winters
• Eleanore Whitney as Eleanore Wayne
• Johnny Downs as Johnny Jones
• Ellen Drew as Dancer on Train

References

1. Bloom, Ken (1995). Hollywood Song: The Complete Film Musical Companion. New York, NY: Facts on File. p. 173. ISBN   0-8160-2002-7.
2. Fuller-Seeley p.238

Bibliography

• Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn. Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy. University of California Press, 2017.

External links

• College Holiday at IMDb