They Learned About Women
| They Learned About Women | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jack Conway Sam Wood |
| Written by | A.P. Younger Sarah Y. Mason |
| Starring | Van and Schenck Bessie Love J. C. Nugent |
| Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
| Edited by | James C. McKay Tom Held |
| Music by | Milton Ager (composer) Jack Yellen (lyricist) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
They Learned About Women is a 1930 American Pre-Code sports drama musical film with a Technicolor sequence. The "Harlem Madness" number was filmed separately in Technicolor (under the direction of Sammy Lee) and inserted into the film.[1] Though this film is a "talkie", MGM also issued this movie in a silent version, with Alfred Block writing the titles. The film was remade in 1949 as Take Me Out to the Ball Game. This is the last film appearance of Van and Schenck.
Plot
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Big-league baseball players Jerry and Jack are also pretty good at singing. They perform in a vaudeville show, where both fall in love with Mary, a dancer, while a second woman tries to come between them before the next World Series.
Cast
- Gus Van as Jerry Burke
- Joe Schenck as Jack Glennon
- Bessie Love as Mary Collins
- J.C. Nugent as Stafford
- Benny Rubin as Sam Goldberg
- Mary Doran as Daisy Gebhart
- Tom Dugan as Tim O'Connor
- Eddie Gribbon as Brennan
- Ralph Bushman as Home Run Haskins
Soundtrack
- "Ain't You, Baby?"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyris by Jack Yellen
- Performed by Gus Van
- "Does My Baby Love?"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen
- Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck
- "Harlem Madness"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen
- Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck
- Reprised by Nina Mae McKinney and chorus (In Technicolor)
- "He's That Kind of a Pal"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen
- Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck (twice)
- "A Man of My Own"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen
- Performed by Bessie Love
- "Ten Sweet Mamas"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen
- Performed by Gus Van, Joe Schenck and ball players
- "There Will Never Be Another Mary"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen
- Performed by Joe Schenck
- "Dougherty Is the Name"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen and Gus Van
- Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck
- "I'm an Old-Fashioned Guy"
- Music by Milton Ager
- Lyrics by Jack Yellen and Gus Van
- Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck
- "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose"
- Music by Percy Wenrich (1924)
- Lyrics by Jack Mahoney
- Sung by the players in the hotel lobby
- "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"
- Written by James Thornton (1898)
- Sung partially by Tom Dugan and Benny Rubin
References
- ^ "All-Colored Revue Hit Featured in Centre Film". Ottawa Citizen. July 18, 1930. p. 21.