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Pigskin Parade is a american film of genre Comedy directed by David Butler released in USA on 23 october 1936 with Stuart Erwin
Pigskin Parade (1936)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 23 october 1936
Length 1h33
Directed by David Butler
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, American football films, Musical films, Children's films
Rating60%
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.
The cast includes Stuart Erwin (in an Oscar-nominated performance), Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly, Arline Judge, Dixie Dunbar, Betty Grable, Tony Martin and, in her feature film debut, 14-year-old Judy Garland. 20th Century Fox distributed this film.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Stuart Erwin
(Amos Dodd)
Patsy Kelly
(Bessie Winters)
Jack Haley
(Slug Winters)
Betty Grable
(Laura Watson)
Judy Garland
(Sairy Dodd)
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