Varsity Show (film)

Varsity Show

Directed by	William Keighley
Screenplay by	Jerry Wald Reichard Macaulay Sig Herzig Warren Duff
Story by	Warren Duff Sig Herzig
Starring	Dick Powell The Pennsylvanians Ted Healy
Music by	Ray Heindorf (uncredited) Heinz Roemheld (uncredited)
Cinematography	Sol Polito George Barnes (finale)
Edited by	George Amy
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	October 4, 1937 (1937-10-04)
Running time	121 min. (original release) 80 min. (edited release)
Country	United States
Language	English

Varsity Show is a 1937 American musical film released by Warner Brothers Warner Bros.. The film was directed by William Keighley from a script by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Warren Duff and Sig Herzig. The movie features songs by Richard A. Whiting and many others. The finale was directed by Busby Berkeley.

Overview

The film follows a group of students at fictional Winfield College who butt heads with their faculty advisor while producing an annual stage show.

Production

In 1937, Fred Waring was approached to play a starring role in this film. He brought his famous glee club, the Pennsylvanians, to the shoot and planned on using the college glee club from Pomona College ("Winfield College" in the movie) for additional singers. When Waring arrived at the campus he found the Glee Club conductor was ill but his replacement was Robert Shaw. Shaw followed Fred Waring, after the movie was finished, to New York. There, Shaw founded the Collegiate Chorale and the Robert Shaw Chorale. Robert Shaw went on to be one of the most important personalities in American choral music in the 20th century.

External links

Varsity Show at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by William Keighley

Busby Berkeley: Choreographer and director

Broadway pre-Hollywood	Holka Polka (chor, 1925) The Wild Rose (chor, 1926) Lady Do (chor, 1927) A Connecticut Yankee (chor, 1927) White Eagle (chor, 1927) Present Arms (chor, 1928) Earl Carroll's Vanities (1928) (chor, 1928) Good Boy (chor, 1928) Rainbow (chor, 1928) Hello, Daddy (chor, 1928) Pleasure Bound (chor, 1929) A Night in Venice (chor, 1929) Broadway Nights (chor, 1929) The Street Singer (dir & prod, 1929) Nine-Fifteen Revue (chor, 1930) The International Review (chor, 1930) Sweet and Low (chor, 1930)

1930s	Whoopee! (chor, 1930) Kiki (chor, 1931) Palmy Days (chor, 1931) Flying High (chor, 1931) Sky Devils (chor, 1932) Girl Crazy (chor, 1932) Night World (chor, 1932) Bird of Paradise (chor, 1932) The Kid From Spain (chor, 1932) 42nd Street (chor, 1933) Gold Diggers of 1933 (chor, 1933) She Had to Say Yes (dir, 1933) Footlight Parade (chor, 1933) Roman Scandals (chor, 1933) Dames (dir mus nmbrs, 1934) Fashions of 1934 (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1934) Wonder Bar (chor, 1934) Gold Diggers of 1935 (dir & chor, 1935) Bright Lights (dir, 1935) I Live for Love (dir & chor, 1935) In Caliente (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935) Stars Over Broadway (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935) Stage Struck (dir, 1936) Varsity Show (dir finale, 1937) The Singing Marine (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1937) Gold Diggers of 1937 (dir mus nmbrs, 1937) The Go Getter (dir, 1937) Hollywood Hotel (dir & chor, 1937) Men Are Such Fools (dir, 1938) Gold Diggers in Paris (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1938) Garden of the Moon (dir, 1938) Comet Over Broadway (dir, 1938) Broadway Serenade (dir finale, 1939) They Made Me a Criminal (dir, 1939) Fast and Furious (dir, 1939) Babes in Arms (dir, 1939) The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow's dance-cut, 1939)

1940s	Forty Little Mothers (dir, 1940) Strike Up The Band (dir, 1940) Blonde Inspiration (dir, 1941) Lady Be Good (dir mus nmbrs, 1941) Ziegfeld Girl (dir mus nmbrs, 1941) Babes on Broadway (dir, 1941) For Me and My Gal (dir, 1942) Calling All Girls (chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1942) Born to Sing (dir finale, 1942) Cabin in the Sky (dir "Shine" seq, 1943) The Gang's All Here (dir & chor, 1943) Three Cheers for the Girls (chor, 1943) Girl Crazy (dir "I Got Rhythm", 1943) All Star Musical Revue (dir mus nmbrs, 1945) Cinderella Jones (dir, 1946) Romance on the High Seas (chor, 1948) Take Me Out to the Ball Game (dir, 1949)

1950s	Annie Get Your Gun (dir-cut, 1950) Big Town (dir TV series, 1950) Weeks With Love (chor, 1950) Call Me Mister (chor, 1950) Ticket to Broadway (chor, 1951) Million Dollar Mermaid (chor, 1952) Small Town Girl (chor, 1953) Easy to Love (chor, 1953) Rose Marie (chor, 1954)

1960s	Billy Rose's Jumbo (chor & dir 2nd unit, 1962)

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