Marion goes to college to pursue a handsome young man and discovers that he is coach of a women's basketball team.Marion goes to college to pursue a handsome young man and discovers that he is coach of a women's basketball team.Marion goes to college to pursue a handsome young man and discovers that he is coach of a women's basketball team.
- Awards
- 1 win
Lenore Bushman
- Co-Ed
- (uncredited)
Gordon Clifford
- Student
- (uncredited)
Lou Costello
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Mitzi Cummings
- Co-Ed
- (uncredited)
Morley Drury
- Football Captain
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Irving
- Co-Ed
- (uncredited)
Katharine Irving
- Co-Ed
- (uncredited)
Pepi Lederer
- Co-Ed
- (uncredited)
Alona Marlowe
- Co-Ed
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe original Broadway production of "The Fair Co-Ed" by George Ade opened at the Knickerbocker Theater on February 1, 1909 and ran for 136 performances.
- GoofsDuring the opening credits, as the writing credits (second panel) are displayed, somebody wearing a hat ducked down and walked in front of the camera. (This may have been a common practice at the time.) But the person did not duck down far enough, and the top of the hat is just visible as it moves from left to right across the bottom edge of the frame.
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The Fair To Middling Movie
The copy of this movie that I saw was in poor condition. It's about how Marion Davies goes to Bingham College because she has a yen for Johnny Mack Brown. He's coaching the woman's basketball team, so she shows up and proves to be the star player. But when Brown won't fall at her feet, she walks out of the team.
Will Marion develop a love for good old Alma Mater? Will she rejoin the team for the big game? Will she score the winning basket at the last moment? Will she and Brown end in a clinch? Will the movie have anything to do with academic pursuits? The answer to exactly one of those questions is "No" and I'm pretty sure you can guess which.
It's a potentially interesting gender-reversal comedy, with Miss Davies in competition for Brown's affections with Jane Winton, and women's basketball the big sport at the co-educational college Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of farce, despite the source material being a George Ade play. Still, after her costume dramas, this must have been an inexpensive movie to shoot.
Listed extras include Joel McCrea, Jacques Tourneur, and Lou Costello. I doubt I could have identified any of them even if the copy had been better.
Will Marion develop a love for good old Alma Mater? Will she rejoin the team for the big game? Will she score the winning basket at the last moment? Will she and Brown end in a clinch? Will the movie have anything to do with academic pursuits? The answer to exactly one of those questions is "No" and I'm pretty sure you can guess which.
It's a potentially interesting gender-reversal comedy, with Miss Davies in competition for Brown's affections with Jane Winton, and women's basketball the big sport at the co-educational college Unfortunately, there isn't much in the way of farce, despite the source material being a George Ade play. Still, after her costume dramas, this must have been an inexpensive movie to shoot.
Listed extras include Joel McCrea, Jacques Tourneur, and Lou Costello. I doubt I could have identified any of them even if the copy had been better.
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- Also known as
- Varsity Girl
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- Gross US & Canada
- £485,300
- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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