Local Boy Makes Good

Local Boy Makes Good
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay by Robert Lord
Raymond Griffith
Ray Enright
Starring Joe E. Brown
Dorothy Lee
Ruth Hall
Edward Woods
Edward Nugent
Wade Boteler
Cinematography Sol Polito
Edited by Jack Killifer
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • November 27, 1931 (1931-11-27)
Running time
 68 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Local Boy Makes Good is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Robert Lord, Raymond Griffith and Ray Enright.[1] The film stars Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent and Wade Boteler. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 27, 1931.[2][3]

Plot

Sheepish bookstore employee John Miller has become infatuated with a college girl, Julia Winters, he has never met. His love letters to her are accidentally mailed, so Julia comes to visit, under the mistaken impression John is a college track star.

While co-worker Marjorie helps continue his deception, John tries to join the school's team. His wild javelin throw nearly kills other athletes, who chase him off the field. The college's coach is amazed at how fast John can run.

Julia figures out she's been had. A psychology student, she analyzes John as a boy with an inferiority complex. After the coach finds John and invites him to run, Julia persuades him to race against her old boyfriend, Spike Hoyt, a star athlete and a bully. Majorie eventually talks John into it, even getting him drunk enough to do it.

Cast

Preservation status

  • A print is housed in the Library of Congress collection.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Local Boy Makes Good
  2. ↑ "Local Boy Makes Good (1931) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  3. ↑ Hall, Mordaunt (1931-11-27). "Movie Review - Local Boy Makes Good - THE SCREFN; A Mighty Failure. A Comic Botany Student". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  4. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.105 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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