Sweetie
About Sweetie
At Pelham University, football captain Biff Bentley is about to quit and marry chorus girl Barbara Pell, then stays for the game against Oglethorpe. Barbara, who has already left her job, cannot get it back. Fellow performer Tap-Tap Thompson finds her another chorus spot, but she cannot learn the steps. Professor Willow tells her that Pell is a stage name: she is Barbara Pelham, and she has inherited the university. She moves onto campus to run the school and get back at the football team.
Cast & crew
More about Sweetie
Frank Tuttle directed the pre-Code musical. George Marion Jr. and Lloyd Corrigan wrote the screenplay. Alfred Gilks photographed it, and Verna Willis edited it. Paramount released it on November 2, 1929. Nancy Carroll plays Barbara Pell, Stanley Smith plays Biff Bentley, Jack Oakie plays Tap-Tap Thompson, Helen Kane plays Helen Fry, and William Austin plays Professor Willow.
Themes
Look
Alfred Gilks photographed the Paramount musical.
Notes
- Stuart Erwin plays Axel Bronstrup, Wallace MacDonald plays Bill Barington, Charles Sellon plays Dr. Oglethorpe, and Aileen Manning plays Miss Twill.
Scenes
- Professor Willow tells Barbara that her real name is Pelham and that the university is now hers.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Sweetie (1929).webm)
