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Harvard Here I Come (1941)

1941 · Feature film · 63 min · dir. Lew Landers

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

  • Comedy

Synopsis

Slapsie Rosenbloom receives an award from the satirical Harvard Lampoon for his well-known stupidity. Instead of being enraged, Slapsie Maxie is delighted by the "honor", and promptly tries to enroll at the ivy-league university. Upon arriving on campus, he is pounced upon by a group of eccentric scientists led by Professor Alvin, who is convinced that Rosenbloom is the "missing link" that science has long been searching for.

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Details

Director
Lew Landers
Writer
Karl Brown
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Released
1941-12-18
Running time
63 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Regular Frosh He Ain't · Noah 8-? · 2009-04-23

Maxie Rosenbloom here seeks polish and he's so innocent & gullible that he mistakes Harvard Pathologist/Archiologist Profs' interest in himself. Maxie thinks that they want him in Harvard as a Student whereas they consider Maxie as a possible 'Missing Link'. Surprisingly he illustrates that his ineptitude is merely from an extensively ignorant environment. Turns out that he is mathematically gifted though his speech is Cockney Brooklynese. Looking around and we see: Arline Judge - who could easily pass for the twin of Barbara Stanwick right down to the throaty voice. Byron Foulger - Mousey…

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