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- Release Date: 1936
- Runtime: 93 min
- Genre: Musical, Sport
- Starring: Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, Johnny Downs ... see all
- Director: David Butler
- Plot: Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a hillbilly farmhand and his sister.... Read more
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Exclaim! Canada
Plus, the songs are nearly constant and usually pretty good, including several numbers by a then unknown Judy Garland and one witty number involving Communist student Elisha Cook, Jr.
imagine my delight to discover a tart and lively musical that somehow manages to never let you down
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MTV.com
The first of 20th Century-Fox's college musicals, Pigskin Parade is also close to the best of them in musical terms -- though they were all at least pretty good on that level -- principally thanks to the presence of 13-year-old Judy Garland, playing an Arkansas farm girl with surprising sincerity and success (in addition to belting out a couple of numbers with the depth and sincerity of a performer at least twice that age). ... Full Review
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The Oscars had a new look in 1936, starting with the way nominations were made. Instead of having the board of governors make the nominations-which had raised eyebrows, since the films made by the Board were usually prominent among the... ... Full Article