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    1937 · Musical comedy · 1h 21m

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  1. Varsity Show is a 1937 American musical film directed by William Keighley from a script by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Warren Duff and Sig Herzig and starring Dick Powell, Fred Waring and Waring's Pennsylvanians, Ted Healy, and Priscilla Lane. Released by Warner Bros., it features songs by Richard A. Whiting and many others.

  2. Columbia’s Oldest Performing Arts Tradition. Since 1894 the Varsity Show has entertained students, faculty, and administrators — bringing laughs to Morningside Heights in an annual satire on life at Columbia. Whether you're here to buy tickets, explore past shows, reach out to this year's team, or learn how to get involved, welcome! Learn More.

  3. A former Broadway producer is hired to direct the college's annual student stage show, but faces resistance from the faculty and the students. The film features Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, Ted Healy, and the Lane sisters.

    • (501)
    • Musical, Romance
    • William Keighley
    • 1937-09-04
  4. The annual Varsity Show at Winfield College is shaping up to be rather dull under the uninspired direction of Professor Sylvester Biddle. In order to save the show and the Quadrangle Club that it supports, the students raise some money and approach former student, and current Broadway producer, Chuck Daly, with a request to take over the reins.

    • William Keighley, Drew Eberson
    • Dick Powell
  5. Synopsis. Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.

    • William Keighley
    • 16
  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Varsity_ShowVarsity Show - Wikipedia

    The Varsity Show is one of the oldest traditions at Columbia University. Founded in 1893 as a fundraiser for the university's fledgling athletic teams, the Varsity Show now draws together the entire Columbia undergraduate community for a series of performances every April. Dedicated to producing a unique full-length musical that skewers and ...

  7. VARSITY SHOW (Warner Brothers, 1937), directed by William Keighley, is a college campus musical, in fact, Warners' only contribution to the college musical of the 1930s. Originally distributed in theaters at two hours in length, circulating prints are from the 1940s reissue at 79 minutes, with 40 minutes of material clipped from the original ...

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