Hold That Co-Ed

Hold That Co-ed
Directed by	George Marshall
Screenplay by	Jack Yellen
Story by	Karl Tunberg Don Ettlinger
Produced by	David Hempstead
Starring	John Barrymore George Murphy Marjorie Weaver
Cinematography	Robert H. Planck
Edited by	Louis R. Loeffler
Music by	Arthur Lange
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	September 16, 1938 (1938-09-16)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hold That Co-ed is a 1938 comedy film directed by George Marshall, starring John Barrymore, George Murphy and Marjorie Weaver.

Plot summary

Former star quarterback Rusty Stevens believes he's being hired to be prosperous Clayton University's new football coach, but finds it's actually rundown State College in the same town that is giving him that job.

Gov. Gabby Harrigan, who is running for the U.S. Senate, has slashed State's budget so much that the school only owns one football. Rusty leads a student protest at the state capitol that ends up in a brawl. The governor's opponent in the Senate campaign, Major Breckenridge, capitalizes politically on Harrigan's unpopularity at the college.

Harrigan's bright secretary Marjorie Blake persuades the governor to retaliate by raising funds for State and proposing to build it a 100,000-seat stadium (to be named after him). She also recruits new players for State including a couple of tough wrestlers, promising them government jobs and $500 a game. State begins winning game after game.

As a publicity stunt, State even ends up with college football's first woman, co-ed Lizzie Olsen becoming the team's kicker. Harrigan publicly dares mighty Clayton to a game, challenging his adversary by vowing to quit the Senate race if State loses the game. Breckenridge has no choice but to accept.

All's well until Rusty reveals the unethical payment to players. A depleted State squad is overmatched during the game, but with the score 7-6 in Clayton's favor, on the last play of the game Lizzie snatches a batted-down pass in mid-air and crosses the goal line for a game-winning touchdown for State.

Cast

• John Barrymore as Governor Gabby Harrigan
• George Murphy as Rusty Stevens
• Marjorie Weaver as Marjorie Blake
• Joan Davis as Lizzie Olsen
• Jack Haley as Wilbur Peters
• George Barbier as Major Hubert Breckenridge
• Ruth Terry as Edie
• Donald Meek as Dean Fletcher
• Johnny Downs as Dink
• Paul Hurst as Slapsy
• Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mike Wurgeski (as Guinn Williams)
• William 'Billy' Benedict as Sylvester (as Bill Benedict)
• Frank Sully as Steve Wurgeski
• Charles C. Wilson as Coach Burke
• Glenn Morris as Spencer

External links

• Hold That Co-Ed at IMDb
• Hold That Co-Ed at AllMovie
• Hold That Co-Ed at the TCM Movie Database
• Hold That Co-ed at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• newspaper advert for the film