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Mother Is a Freshman (1949)

Original title: mother is a freshman
Production: USA|81 min
Comedy
Poster of movie Mother Is a Freshman
in order to afford her daughter's college tuition, a woman enrolls herself at the same school aided by a rare large bursary but they both fall in-love with the same cute english professor.

Festivals and awards

Oscar 1950 - nomination Best Costume Design, Color
Assigned to: Kay Nelson

Direction

Lloyd BaconLloyd Bacon: regista

Production and Screenplay

Richard Sale: sceneggiatore
Richard Sale: scrittore
Mary Loos: sceneggiatore
Mary Loos: scrittore
Raphael Blau: scrittore
Darryl F. ZanuckDarryl F. Zanuck: produttore
Walter Morosco: produttore

Interpreters and Characters

Marietta Canty(età:44)
(Beulah)
Jeff Richards(età:25)
(Butch)
Buster Phelps(età:23)
(jack)
Debra PagetDebra Paget(età:16)
(Linda)
Robert PattenRobert Patten(età:24)
(studente)
Betty LynnBetty Lynn(età:23)
(susan abbott)
Robert Arthur(età:24)
(beaumont jackson)
Barbara LawrenceBarbara Lawrence(età:19)
(louise sharpe)
Rudy ValléeRudy Vallée(età:48)
(john heaslip)
Van JohnsonVan Johnson(età:33)
(prof. richard michaels)
Charles LaneCharles Lane(età:44)
(mr. de haven)
Henri Letondal(età:48)
(prof. romaine)
Loretta YoungLoretta Young(età:36)
(abigail fortitude abbott)
Kathryn Card(età:57)
(sig.ra grammerton)
Griff Barnett(età:65)
(dean gillingham)
Kathleen HughesKathleen Hughes(età:21)
(rhoda adams)
Virginia BrissacVirginia Brissac(età:66)
(miss grimes)
Gene EvansGene Evans(età:27)
George Matthews
Mickey Finn
Eddie DunnEddie Dunn(età:53)
Richard Clayton(età:34)
Roger Mcgee(età:27)
Pat Combs
Marion Colby(età:26)
Lee MacGregor(età:25)
John MilesJohn Miles
Claire Meade(età:66)
Ruth Tobey(età:20)
Geneva Gray(età:27)

Technical staff

Alfred NewmanAlfred Newman: musiche
William H.reynoldsWilliam H.reynolds: montatore
Kay Nelson: costumista
ManThomas Little: scenografo
ManThomas Little: arredatore
ManMaurice Ransford: scenografo
Ben NyeBen Nye: truccatore
Irene Brooks: parrucchiere
Lyle R. WheelerLyle R. Wheeler: scenografo
Ernie Parks: truccatore
Paul S. Fox: scenografo
Paul S. Fox: arredatore
Arthur E. arling: direttore della fotografia
Frank Prehoda: truccatore
Peggy Higgins: parrucchiere
Linda Cross: parrucchiere

Voices and Dubbing

Version Italia(1949)

WomanRenata Marini Voice of Loretta Young
Mauro ZambutoMauro Zambuto Voice of Robert Arthur
Germana CalderiniGermana Calderini Voice of Barbara Lawrence
Alberto SordiAlberto Sordi Voice of Rudy Vallée
Stefano SibaldiStefano Sibaldi Voice of Van Johnson