''Youth on Parade'' is a 1942 comedy

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as brea ...

directed by

Albert S. Rogell Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - April 7, 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an American film director. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was the uncle of producer Sid Rogell. Film ...

and starring John Hubbard,

Ruth Terry Ruth Mae Terry (born Ruth Mae McMahon, October 21, 1920 – March 11, 2016) was an American singer and actress in film and television from the 1930s to the 1960s. She claimed her stage name came from Walter Winchell, who combined the names ...

, Martha O'Driscoll, Tom Brown, and Charles Smith.

Premise

A group of college students plan to create the ''perfect student'' as a joke. Unfortunately, their psychology professor finds out and is determined to meet her.

Cast

* John Hubbard as Prof. Gerald Payne * Martha O'Driscoll as Sally Carlyle *

as Patty Flynn?Betty Reilly * Tom Brown as Bingo Brown * Charles Smith as Willie Webster *

Nana Bryant Nana Irene Bryant (November 23, 1888 – December 24, 1955) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1935 and 1955. Biography Bryant was born 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She appeared in ...

as Agatha Frost *

Ivan F. Simpson Ivan F. Simpson (8 February 1875 – 12 October 1951) was a Scottish film and stage actor. Life and career Simpson was born on 8 February 1875 in Glasgow, Scotland, and went as a young man to New York City, where he worked for four dec ...

as Dean Wharton *

Chick Chandler Fehmer Christy "Chick" Chandler (January 18, 1905 – September 30, 1988) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 130 films from 1925 through the mid-1950s. Chandler was known for his starring role as Toubo Smith in ...

as Eddie Reilly *

Lynn Merrick Lynn Merrick (born Marilyn Llewelling, November 19, 1919 – March 25, 2007) was an American actress who appeared in over 40 films during the 1940s, mainly for Columbia and Republic Studios. Early life Merrick was born Marilyn Llewelling on ...

as Emmy Lou Pipes *

Paul Fix Peter Paul Fix (March 13, 1901 – October 14, 1983) was an American film and television character actor who was best known for his work in Westerns. Fix appeared in more than 100 movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year career b ...

as Nick Cramer

Accolades

" I've Heard That Song Before" was nominated for the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs 2004 list.

References

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* * * * 1942 musical comedy films 1942 films American musical comedy films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell Films set in universities and colleges Republic Pictures films American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub