Start Cheering

Start Cheering
Directed by	Albert S. Rogell
Written by	Eugene Solow Richard Wormser Philip Rapp Corey Ford
Produced by	Nat Perrin
Starring	Jimmy Durante Walter Connolly Charles Starrett Joan Perry Broderick Crawford Craig E. Earle The Three Stooges Louis Prima Chaz Chase Hal Le Roy
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	Morris W. Stoloff
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	March 3, 1938 (1938-03-03) (U.S.)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Start Cheering is a 1938 musical motion picture directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly and Joan Perry. It is best remembered today for a cameo appearance by The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine), who were Columbia Pictures' short subject headliners at the time, as Campus Firemen. The film's choreography was by Danny Dare.

Premise

Film star Ted Crosley (Charles Starrett) is fed up with Hollywood and quits the movies to enroll in college under a fake name. While Ted tries to fit in at academia, his frustrated managers (Walter Connolly, Jimmy Durante) try to have him expelled from the college in order for him to resume his Hollywood career.

Cast

• Jimmy Durante as Willie Gumbatz
• Walter Connolly as Sam Lewis
• Joan Perry as Jean Worthington
• Charles Starrett as Ted Crosley
• Craig E. Earle as Professor Quiz (as Professor Quiz)
• Gertrude Niesen as Sarah
• Raymond Walburn as Dean Worthington

See also

• List of American films of 1938
• The Three Stooges filmography

External links

• Start Cheering at IMDb
• Start Cheering at AllMovie
• Start Cheering at the TCM Movie Database