6.2 /10 1 Votes
Edited by Jack Killifer Initial release 27 November 1931 Production company First National Pictures | 6.3/10 IMDb Distributed by Warner Bros. Director Mervyn LeRoy Cinematography Sol Polito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Robert Lord
Raymond Griffith
Ray Enright Starring Joe E. Brown
Dorothy Lee
Ruth Hall
Edward Woods
Edward Nugent
Wade Boteler Production
company First National Pictures Release date November 27, 1931 (1931-11-27) Written by Robert Lord, Raymond Griffith, Ray Enright Cast Joe E Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent Similar Joe E Brown movies, Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Local Boy Makes Good is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Robert Lord, Raymond Griffith and Ray Enright. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent and Wade Boteler. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 27, 1931.
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Plot
Sheepish bookstore employee John Miller has become infatuated with a college girl, Julia Winters, he has never met. His love letters to her are accidentally mailed, so Julia comes to visit, under the mistaken impression John is a college track star.
While co-worker Marjorie helps continue his deception, John tries to join the school's team. His wild javelin throw nearly kills other athletes, who chase him off the field. The college's coach is amazed at how fast John can run.
Julia figures out she's been had. A psychology student, she analyzes John as a boy with an inferiority complex. After the coach finds John and invites him to run, Julia persuades him to race against her old boyfriend, Spike Hoyt, a star athlete and a bully. Majorie eventually talks John into it, even getting him drunk enough to do it.