Sweetheart of the Campus

Sweetheart of the Campus
Sweetheart of the Campus
Directed by	Edward Dmytryk
Written by	Robert Hardy Andrews
Screenplay by	Edmund L. Hartmann
Produced by	Jack Fier
Starring	Ruby Keeler ; Ozzie Nelson ; Harriet Hilliard
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Edited by	William A. Lyon
Music by	Morris Stoloff
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 26, 1941;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated November 09, 2025

Sweetheart of the Campus is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard.^[1] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's working title was Betty Co-ed^[2] 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.^[3]

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

↑ Hal Erickson (2012). "Sweetheart of the Campus". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
↑ Churchill, Douglas W. (May 3, 1941). "Screen News Here and in Hollywood". The New York Times . p. 20.
↑ "Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) - Edward Dmytryk - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.

External links

Sweetheart of the Campus at IMDb
Sweetheart of the Campus at the TCM Movie Database
Sweetheart of the Campus at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[NY_Times-1] Hal Erickson (2012). "Sweetheart of the Campus". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2011.

[2] Churchill, Douglas W. (May 3, 1941). "Screen News Here and in Hollywood". The New York Times . p. 20.

[3] "Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) - Edward Dmytryk - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved December 21, 2017.

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