Youth on Parade

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Movie
Original title Youth on Parade
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1942
length 72 minutes
Rod
Director Albert S. Rogell
script George Carleton Brown ,
Frank Gill Jr.
production Albert J. Cohen
for Republic Pictures
music Marlin Skiles
camera Ernest Miller
cut Howard O'Neill
occupation

Youth on Parade is an American musical comedy directed by Albert S. Rogell from 1942. The song I've Heard That Song Before sung in the film was nominated for an Oscar .

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Gerald Payne is a professor of psychology and teaches at Cotchatoontamee College. When he starts an experiment in which he assigns a number to all of his students, which he now uses instead of the name, it leads to irritation. Payne's system aims to prevent any preferential treatment that might be associated with the name. Preparation and execution involve hard work and limitations that the students decide to outsmart Payne by creating a fake student. This is how the number 79 is created, equipped with the necessary papers and academic awards received during the semesters. The students named the 79 Patty Flynn. At a school meeting led by Sally Carlyle, number 79 is to receive an award. The students are already giggling in anticipation and do not notice that they are being overheard by Payne's secretary Agatha Frost. Agatha, who was christened "Frosty" by the students, tells the girls that Payne will be fired but that they will also be expelled from school if their plan is made known to a higher authority.

Sally, now in the know, calls her fellow student Bingo Brown, who is composing the music for an upcoming school show, and asks him to hire someone to play Patty, number 79. Bingo then asks Betty Reilly, who wants to make a career as a singer, but first gets a rejection, despite his announcement that Max Hillman, producer on Broadway, will attend the performance. The young woman changes her mind, however, when her bumbling brother Eddie and his boyfriend Nick reveal to her that they have "borrowed" a riding horse that they have run under her name in a race and that the police have already wanted her will.

Betty sees the college job as an opportunity to hide away for a while. She arrives at just the right time to receive the award for Patty Flynn. Payne is somewhat amazed at Betty's speech and the way she speaks. Betty adapts to the farce and convinces Payne that because of his experimentation she is so overwhelmed that her nerves are going crazy. She tells him that the other students will face a similar fate if it continues like this. Cleverly she knows how to arrange that her alter ego Sally meets up with Payne to dance and during rehearsals for the school show, in which they have to exchange a kiss, both discover that they are in love with each other.

However, Eddy's arrival destroys everything, because when he is caught by the police, he reveals Betty's true identity to Payne, who he was taken to. Payne is disappointed, but resigns to protect the youth, but without informing Dean Andrew Wharton. Payne also breaks up with Sally and takes his students to court, accusing them of meddling and telling them that they have to stay in college because knowledge serves their country as much as serving in the military.

The contrite students then confess everything to Dean Wharton, who agrees to reinstate Payne. However, he forbids them to perform the planned show. Payne and "Frosty" do not give up easily and try to distract Wharton so that the show can still be performed. When the dean listens to music and wants to step in between, when he hears the children singing You Got to Study, Buddy , with which they obtain the approval of two military officials who are attending the performance, he signals his approval. Payne and Sally make up, and Betty has her long-awaited success.

production

Production notes

The shooting extended from June 29 to the end of July 1942, additional scenes were shot on September 2, 1942.

The film had several working titles including Broadway Goes to College , Say It with Music, and Chatterbox . According to a note in the Hollywood Reporter on January 22, 1942, Mary Lee was originally intended for the lead role, and other youths under the age of 18 were also on the cast list. Martha O'Driscoll and Charlie Smith were loaned out for the film by Paramount Pictures .

Soundtrack

For all songs → music: Jule Styne , text: Sammy Cahn

publication

Youth on Parade premiered in the United States on October 24, 1942. On January 15, 1944, the film was released in Mexico under the title Mujeres del futuro and on April 26, 1954 under the title Vitória da Mocidade in Portugal.

Awards

Jule Styne (music) and Sammy Cahn (text) were nominated for an Oscar at the 1943 Academy Awards for their song I've Heard That Song Before from the film in the “Best Song” category, which, however, went to Irving Berlin and the Christmas song White Christmas from the dance film music, music went.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Youth on Parade Notes adS TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
  2. ↑ Youth on Parade Trivia adS TCM (English)