Pigskin Parade
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Director David Butler Music director David Buttolph Duration Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Musical, Sport Producer Darryl F. Zanuck Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer William M. Conselman , Jack Yellen Release date October 23, 1936 (1936-10-23) Cast Stuart Erwin (Amos Dodd), Patsy Kelly (Bessie Winters), Jack Haley (Winston 'Slug' Winters), The Yacht Club Boys (Singing Quartette), Johnny Downs (Chip Carson), Betty Grable (Laura Watson)Similar movies Chelsea FC - Season Review 2013/14 , Chelsea FC - Double Champions! Season Review 2011/12 , Chelsea FC - Season Review 2009/10 , Chelsea FC - Season Review 2008/09 , Chelsea FC - Season Review 2004/05 , Chelsea FC - Season Review 2003/04 Tagline A BAREFOOT HILLBILLY FROM TEXAS DOES HIS STUFF IN THE YALE BOWL! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pigskin parade 1936 title sequence
Pigskin Parade is a 1936 musical comedy film which tells the story of husband and wife college football coaches who convince a backwoods player to play for their team so they can go to the big Bowl Game. It was written by William M. Conselman, Mary Kelly, Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman, Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen, and was directed by David Butler.
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The cast includes Stuart Erwin (in an Oscar-nominated performance), Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly, Arline Judge, Dixie Dunbar, Johnny Downs, Betty Grable, Tony Martin and, in her feature film debut, 14-year-old Judy Garland. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Plot
Due to a misunderstanding, Yale inadvertently invites the small Texas State University to come to Connecticut and play against its football team for a benefit game. Coincidentally, TSU has just hired a new coach, Slug Winters (Jack Haley), who arrives at the college with his wife Bessie (Patsy Kelly) just in time to hear the announcement that the team is to play Yale.
The coach digs in to whip the team into shape, with Bessie's help, she knowing more about football than Slug does. But just before the big game, Bessie causes an accident and the team's quarterback Biff Bentley breaks his leg. All seems hopeless until Slug and Bessie stumble across an Arkansas hillbilly named Amos Dodd, played by Stuart Erwin, who throws a football like no one they've ever seen. They find him tossing melons with his sister, Sairy (Judy Garland).
The only problem remaining is to figure a way to get the college to enroll the hillbilly so that he can take the place of the injured quarterback. Amos also falls for attractive student Sally Saxon (Arline Judge), bringing out jealousy in her rich suitor Mortimer Higgens.
Texas State travels to the game at Yale, which is played in a blizzard. Yale is leading 7-6 in the final minutes when Slug accidentally knocks himself unconscious on the sideline. Bessie takes over and sends in a play, which hillbilly Amos runs barefoot for the winning touchdown.
University in film
The university in the film, Texas State University, is fictional; the real-life Texas State University did not receive that name until 2003. The logo on the football players' uniforms is the logo of Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. In the 20's, 30's, 40's and into the 50's Tarleton played Texas A&M and Oklahoma as shown in the movie.
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References
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