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Varsity Show is a american film of genre Musical directed by William Keighley released in USA on 4 september 1937 with Dick Powell

Varsity Show (1937)

Varsity Show
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Released in USA 4 september 1937
Length 2h1
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Musical
Rating60% 3.0493553.0493553.0493553.0493553.049355

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.

Actors

Dick Powell

(Charles 'Chuck' Daly)Ted Healy

(William Williams)Rosemary Lane

(Barbara 'Babs' Steward)Priscilla Lane

(Betty Bradley)Walter Catlett

(Professor Sylvester Biddle)
And :
Johnnie Davis
Sterling Holloway
Lee Dixon
Halliwell Hobbes
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