Rise and Shine

Plot

Jack Oakie is near the top of his form as Boley Bolenciecwcz, the best college football player to come down the pike in a generation. But Boley has two problems -- he likes to sleep a lot when he's not training, and he isn't terribly bright, and might just fail his examinations and become inelligible to play. So the president of his college, under the gun to produce a winning team, comes up with a solution -- he sends Boley to live with Professor Murray (onald Meek), an eccentric member of the faculty (who practices magic tricks when he isn't teaching economics), whose daughter Louise (Linda Darnell) is head of the pep-squad and will tutor Boley. Enter Jimmy M'Gonnigle (George Murphy), a dancer and ex-college player himself, who's sent to the college by the hood (Sheldon Leonard) who owns the club where he was working, to keep an eye on Boley and make sure his playing is what it's written up to be. Jimmy falls in love with Louise, and manages to romance her in between her playing nursemaid to Boley -- meanwhile, a pair of grifters (Raymond Walburn, Ruth Donnelly) sent to back Jimmy up get mixed up with Louise's grandfather (Walter Brennan), a Civil War veteran who isn't always sure what year it is. And then secondary hood "Sea Biscuit" (Milton Berle) arrives to put the boss's plan into operation, kidnapping Boley so he can't play. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

Cast

• Jack Oakie - Boley Bolenciecwcz
• George Murphy - Jimmy M'Gonigle
• Linda Darnell - Louise Murray
• Walter Brennan - Grandpa
• Milton Berle - Sea Biscuit

Sheldon Leonard - The Menace; Donald Meek - Prof. Murray; Ruth Donnelly - Mame; Raymond Walburn - Colonel; Donald MacBride - Coach Graham; Emma Dunn - Mrs. Murray; Mildred Gover - Mrs. Robertson; William Haade - Butch; Dick Rich - Gogo; John Hiestand - Announcer; Claire Du Brey - Miss Pinkham; Francis Pierlot - Prof. Schnauzer; Paul Harvey - Orville Turner; Edward Arnold, Jr. - Student; Nestor Paiva - Captain; Billy Wayne - Cab Driver; Robert "Buddy" Shaw - Assistant Manager; Tim Ryan - Doorman

Credit

Hermes Pan - Choreography, Gwen Wakeling - Costume Designer, Allan Dwan - Director, Allen McNeil - Editor, Ralph Rainger - Composer (Music Score), Leo Robin - Composer (Music Score), Emil Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Ralph Rainger - Songwriter, Leo Robin - Songwriter, Edward J. Cronjager - Cinematographer, Mark Hellinger - Producer, Herman Mankiewicz - Screenwriter, James Thurber - Book Author

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