College Rhythm is a 1934 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, and Joe Penner.
Cocky college football star Francis Finnegan has his eye on the attractive Gloria van Dayham, as does his rival, Larry Stacey.
[2] Screenwriter Francis Martin spent four weeks with Joe Penner, a vaudeville and radio star who had no previous experience acting in feature films, before the script had been written.
[7][8] It had originally been scheduled to begin in June 1934 but was delayed repeatedly,[9] including a two-week period just before shooting began in which the film's producers scrambled to find pretty girls with acting talent to fill two roles, which were won by Helen Mack and Mary Brian.
[14] In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Frank S. Nugent called College Rhythm "a mad and generally merry concoction, unbelievable, nonsensical and designed solely for eye and ear amusement" and wrote: "[T]he plot hangs by less than a thread and the saving grace of the film is its ability to capitalize on the singing talents of Mr. Ross, the charm of Miss Roberti, the handsomeness of Misses Brian and Mack and Mr. Penner's clowning.