The Band Plays On
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The Band Plays On

"A gay and exciting picture of the laughs and loves and football thrills of college life!"

A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.

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Cast

  • Robert Young
    Robert Young
    Tony Ferrera
  • Stuart Erwin
    Stuart Erwin
    Stuffy Wilson
  • Ted Healy
    Ted Healy
    Joe O'Brien
  • Preston Foster
    Preston Foster
    Howdy Hardy
  • Leo Carrillo
    Leo Carrillo
    Angelo
  • Betty Furness
    Betty Furness
    Kitty O'Brien
  • Russell Hardie
    Russell Hardie
    Mike O'Brien
  • William Tannen
    William Tannen
    Rosy Rosenberg
  • Robert Livingston
    Robert Livingston
    Bob Stone
  • Norman Phillips Jr.
    Stuffy as a Boy
  • David Durand
    David Durand
    Tony as a Boy
  • Beaudine Anderson
    Mike as a Boy
  • Betty Jane Graham
    Betty Jane Graham
    Kitty as a Girl
  • Joe Sawyer
    Joe Sawyer
    Mr. Thomas
  • Henry Kolker
    Henry Kolker
    Professor Hackett
  • Harvey Clark
    Harvey Clark
    Graduate
  • Edward Gargan
    Edward Gargan
    Lumberjack
  • Arthur Stuart Hull
    Arthur Stuart Hull
    Graduate
  • John Hyams
    John Hyams
    Alumni
  • John Kelly
    John Kelly
    Truck Driver
  • Charles Lane
    Charles Lane
    Shyster Lawyer
  • Edward LeSaint
    Edward LeSaint
    Doctor
  • Cyril McLaglen
    Lumberjack
  • Franklin Parker
    Reporter
  • Purnell Pratt
    Purnell Pratt
    Judge Bone
  • Warner Richmond
    Warner Richmond
    Lumberjack
  • Carl Stockdale
    Carl Stockdale
    Graduate
  • Joe Twerp
    Freshman with Laundry
  • Arthur Vinton
    Arthur Vinton
    John F. Hertz
  • Bobby Watson
    Bobby Watson
    Radio Announcer
  • Gayne Whitman
    Gayne Whitman
    Doctor Wilson
  • Sidney Miller
    Sidney Miller
    Rosy as a Boy

Crew

  • Russell Mack
    Director
  • Bernard Schubert
    Screenplay
  • Harvey Gates
    Screenplay
  • Ralph Spence
    Screenplay

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