Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson.
Acting
Burgess Meredith's weirdo energy steals every scene.
Costume
Ivy League drip and depression-era glamour collide.
Director
S. Sylvan Simon
Maureen O'Sullivan
Alexandra Benson
Lew Ayres
Sam Thatcher
Ruth Hussey
Kate McKim
Burgess Meredith
The Lippencott
Ann Morriss
Frances
Joyce Compton
Sally
Julie Bishop
Mady Platt
Frank Albertson
Hat
Truman Bradley
Walter Beckett
Marjorie Gateson
Miss Ritchie
Renie Riano
Mildred
Sterling Holloway
Buck
Dick Baldwin
Doc
John Archer
Dartmouth College Student
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was S. Sylvan Simon's directorial debut before he became MGM's go-to for Thin Man sequels and Red Skelton vehicles.
The 'man hunt' marketing played on 1930s anxieties about educated women outnumbering 'suitable' male partners—Yale vs. Harvard as class warfare with better outfits.
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