Directed by:
John M. StahlCinematography:
Lloyd Ahern Sr.Composer:
Cyril J. MockridgeCast:
Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Rudy Vallee, Thelma Ritter, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, Bess Flowers, Ruth Clifford, Kenner G. Kemp, Robert Adler, Forbes Murray (more)Plots(1)
First came 20th Century-Fox's Mother Was a Freshman; then, a few months later, the same studio's Father Was a Fullback. Fred MacMurray stars as college football coach George Cooper, whose team can't win a game to save its life. George finds some comfort in the arms of his wife Elizabeth (Maureen O'Hara), but his young daughters Connie (Betty Lynn) and Ellen (Natalie Wood) are too concerned with boys to pay their dad any attention. Connie causes no end of trouble for George by printing a highly imaginative article about her various romances. On the verge of losing his job, George is saved by the arrival of football champ Joe Burch (Richard Tyler). Rudy Vallee virtually repeats his stuffy-suitor characterization from Mother is a Freshman in Father Was a Fullback. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Fred MacMurray
USA
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Maureen O'Hara
Ireland
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Rudy Vallee
USA
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Thelma Ritter
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Natalie Wood
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Jim Backus
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Bess Flowers
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Ruth Clifford
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Kenner G. Kemp
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Robert Adler
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Canada
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Sam Harris
Australia
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Frank Mills
USA
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Robert Patten
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Boyd 'Red' Morgan
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Heinie Conklin
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William Self
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Louise Lorimer
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Don Barclay
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