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Pigskin Parade (1936)

Pigskin Parade poster
Directed by
David Butler
Genre
comedy film, musical film, American football film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A husband and wife coach a college football team. They find a talented player from the backwoods and bring him to play in the big game.

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What happens

Pigskin Parade is a 1936 American musical comedy film which tells the story of husband-and-wife college football coaches who convince a backwoods player to play for their team so they can go to the big game. It was written by William M. Conselman, Mary Kelly, Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman, Harry Tugend, and Jack Yellen and was directed by David Butler. The cast includes Stuart Erwin (in an Oscar-nominated performance), Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly, Arline Judge, Dixie Dunbar, Johnny Downs, Betty Grable, Tony Martin, and Judy Garland in her feature-film debut. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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