Here Come the Co-Eds

5.7
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 1945. February 2.

Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.

Discover

Bud Abbott

Slats McCarthy

Lou Costello

Oliver Quackenbush

Martha O'Driscoll

Molly McCarthy

Peggy Ryan

Patty Gayle

Lon Chaney Jr.

Johnson

Donald Cook

Dean Larry Benson

Charles Dingle

Jonathan Kirkland

June Vincent

Diane Kirkland

Evelyn Kaye Klein

Evelyn and Her Magic Violin

Joe Kirk

Honest Dan Murphy the Bookie

Richard Lane

Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom

Don Costello

Diamond (uncredited)

Bill Stern

Sports Announcer

Phil Spitalny

Orchestra Leader

Jane Allen

College Girl (uncredited)

Milt Bronson

Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Jean Carlin

Co-ed (uncredited)

June Cuendet

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Officer Flannigan (uncredited)

Margaret Eversole

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Dorothy Ford

Bertha (uncredited)

Martha Garotto

Player (uncredited)

Maxine Gates

Woman (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

Woman in Ballroom (uncredited)

Jayne Hazard

Co-ed (uncredited)

Marilyn Hoeck

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Man at Scorer's Table (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Man Taking Dance Lesson (uncredited)

Carl Knowles

Timekeeper (uncredited)

Marie Osborne

Woman in Trailer (uncredited)

Lorna Peterson

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Rebel Randall

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Gene Roth

Second Policeman in Car 13 (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Assistant Sports Announcer (uncredited)

Sammy Stein

Tiger McGurk aka The Masked Marvel (uncredited)

Muriel Stetson

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Naomi Stout

Basketball Player (uncredited)

Anthony Warde

Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Police Chief (uncredited)

Art

John B. Goodman

Art Direction

Richard H. Riedel

Art Direction

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

A.J. Gilmore

Set Decoration

Camera

George Robinson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Vera West

Costume Design

Directing

Jean Yarbrough

Director

Editing

Arthur Hilton

Editor

Production

John Grant

Associate Producer

Sound

Edgar Fairchild

Music Director

Frank Skinner

Music

Writing

Arthur T. Horman

Screenplay

Edmund L. Hartmann

Original Story

John Grant

Screenplay

Art

John B. Goodman

Art Direction

Richard H. Riedel

Art Direction

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

A.J. Gilmore

Set Decoration

Camera

George Robinson

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Vera West

Costume Design

Directing

Jean Yarbrough

Director

Editing

Arthur Hilton

Editor

Production

John Grant

Associate Producer

Sound

Edgar Fairchild

Music Director

Frank Skinner

Music

Writing

Arthur T. Horman

Screenplay

Edmund L. Hartmann

Original Story

John Grant

Screenplay