That's My Boy (1932)

There are 2 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 7,676 times. The latest Post () was by ethanedwards.

Participate now!

Don’t have an account yet? Register yourself now and be a part of our community!

  • THAT'S MY BOY


    DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY ROY WILIAM NEILL
    COLUMBIA PICTURES


    richard-cromwell-in-thats-my-boy-(1932).jpg


    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members. Former USC football player John Wayne (not on the 1931 team) and Olympic swimmer Buster Crabbe also in cast as football players: Thomas Jefferson "Snakehips" Scott is the sensation of the Freshman football squad at Bedford University. After a sensational Sophomore season, varsity coach "Daisy" Adams gets him a summer "job" in the Maine woods as a bond salesman. The coach sends him there for conditioning purposes only, but Tommy is pleased with the $6,000 he gets for selling bonds he never even sees. Nice work if you can get it and, seventy years later, college football players (usually from Texas and California, playing for colleges from some other states that can't "grow their own") still manage to find similar positions. Tommy, figuring that there is more where this came from, tells a graduate manager he will quit the team unless they pay him $50,000. The manager arranges with a broker to start an investment fund named after Thomas Jefferson Smith, the receipts from which will net Tommy his demanded amount. Thousands of shares are sold, for unclear reasons since the buyers had no reason to expect a return, but, hey, the plot must move along. The broker gambles away the funds. The broker kills himself. The district attorney questions Tommy. The father of Tommy's college squeeze offers Tommy $50,000 if he will break his engagement to the girl. Tommy holds out for $100,000. Tommy is booed off the field after the first half of "the BIG GAME." Tommy has sent the $100,000 to the district attorney to pay off the investors. The D.A. tells the newspapers. The newspapers print special editions that are delivered to the stadium at half-time. Tommy receives a standing ovation from the crowd. Tommy scores the winning touchdown. Mom Scott is proud of Tommy, for reasons hard to discern.
    Written by Les Adams


    Full Cast
    Richard Cromwell ... Tommy Jefferson Scott
    Dorothy Jordan ... Dorothy Whitney
    Mae Marsh ... Mom Scott
    Arthur Stone ... Pop Scott
    Douglass Dumbrille ... Coach 'Daisy' Adams
    Lucien Littlefield ... Uncle Louie
    Leon Ames ... Al Williams (as Leon Waycoff)
    Russell Saunders ... Pinkie
    Sumner Getchell ... Carl
    Otis Harlan ... Mayor
    Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian ... Hap
    Elbridge Anderson ... 1st Student
    Crilly Butler ... 2nd Student
    Douglas Haig ... Tommy, as a young boy
    Tay Brown ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Buster Crabbe ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Toby Hunt ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Joan Marsh ... Co-ed (uncredited)
    Jim Musick ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Ernie Pinckert ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Gaius Shaver ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Ernie Smith ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Earl Sparling ... Football Player (uncredited)
    Duke Morrison ... Football Player (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Norman Krasna screenplay
    Francis Wallace novel


    Original Music
    Charles Kisco


    Cinematography
    Joseph H. August


    Trivia
    The USC national championship football team of 1931 appears in the film.


    Filming Location
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles.


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 8 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • That's My Boy is a 1932 American film that stars Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Jordan.
    It features John Wayne in an uncredited role as a football player.


    Duke Morrison appears in his third film
    as a football playing extra.


    Mae Marsh, (who was to later star with Duke
    in 7 films, and a TV special), was already a a rising star when this movie was made.
    She was later to become one of John Ford's favourite actors.


    Also worth noting. another of the football team
    is Buster Crabbe who was to be in Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi


    User Review

    Quote

    John Wayne the Sportsman
    5 February 2004 | by Single-Black-Male (London, England)
    There is an air of increasing confidence in the 25 year old John Wayne's walk.
    He is at home playing the sportsman in this film to remind him of his university days
    when he was studying to become a lawyer. He was better off in a western.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 8 times, last by ethanedwards ().