Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Directed by	Elliott Nugent
Produced by	Samuel G. Engel
Written by	Mary Loos Mary C. McCall, Jr. Richard Sale
Starring	Clifton Webb Shirley Temple Tom Drake
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s)	May 1949 (1949-05)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent. The screenplay written by Mary Loos, Mary C. McCall, Jr., and Richard Sale was based on characters created by Gwen Davenport. The film focuses on prickly genius Lynn Belvedere (Clifton Webb) who enrolls in a major university with the intention of obtaining a four year degree in only one year.

While at the university, Belvedere is pursued by a journalism student (Shirley Temple) looking for a story. Throughout the film, Belvedere rejects the student's requests because of a promise made to the university president (Paul Harvey) that he not divulge to the media that he is studying at the university; he would face expulsion if this happened. Belvedere keeps his promise until he receives his degree, at which time he reveals on stage to the president and dean (Taylor Holmes) that he had allowed the student to write the story and have it published in Look Magazine.

This film might be viewed as a loose sequel to the 1948 motion picture Sitting Pretty, which introduced Lynn Belvedere to screen audiences.

Cast

• Clifton Webb as Lynn Belvedere
• Shirley Temple as Ellen Baker
• Tom Drake as Bill Chase
• Alan Young as Avery Brubaker
• Jessie Royce Landis as Mrs. Chase
• Kathleen Hughes as Kay Nelson
• Taylor Holmes as Dr. Gibbs
• Alvin Greenman as Cornelius Whittaker
• Paul Harvey as Dr. Keating
• Barry Kelley as Police Sergeant Griggs
• Robert Patten as Joe Fisher

References

• Windeler, Robert (1992) [1978], The Films of Shirley Temple, Carol Publishing Group, pp. 246–7 

External links

• Mr. Belvedere Goes to College at the Internet Movie Database
• Mr. Belvedere Goes to College at the TCM Movie Database
• Mr. Belvedere Goes to College at AllRovi