Pigskin Parade (film)
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Pigskin Parade | |
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Promotional movie poster for the film |
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Directed by | David Butler |
Produced by | Bogart Rogers Darryl F. Zanuck |
Written by | William M. Conselman Mary Kelly Nat Perrin Arthur Sheekman Harry Tugend Jack Yellen |
Starring | Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Betty Grable Judy Garland |
Music by | David Buttolph |
Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
Editing by | Irene Morra |
Release date(s) | October 23, 1936 |
Running time | 93 min. |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
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[edit] Plot
Due to a misunderstanding, Yale inadvertently invites the small Texas State University to play their football team for a benefit game. Coincidentally, TSU has just hired a new coach Jack Haley who arrives at the college with his wife (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, but just before the big game, the quarterback breaks his leg. All seems hopeless until they stumble across an Arkansas hillbilly, played by Stuart Erwin, who throws a football like no one they've ever seen. 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.[1]
[edit] Cast
[edit] Awards and Nominations
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Erwin)
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.jgdb.com/pigskin.htm Pigskin Parade page on The Judy Garland Database, by Jim Johnson