Maybe It's Love (1930)

Director:

William A. Wellman

Writers:

Darryl F. Zanuck (story)
Joseph Jackson (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 October 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Father Son Relationship | Revenge | Bonfire | Bear | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Joan Bennett	...	Nan Sheffield
Joe E. Brown	...	Yates
James Hall	...	Tommy Nelson
Laura Lee	...	Betty
Sumner Getchell	...	Whiskers
George Irving	...	College Professor
George Bickel	...	Earl Hahns - Trustee
Russell Saunders	...	Russ Saunders of Southern California (as Russ Saunders)
Tim Moynihan	...	Tim Moynihan of Notre Dame
Bill Banker	...	Bill Banker of Tulane University
Howard Harpster	...	Howard Harpster of Carnegie Tech
Ray Montgomery	...	Ray Montgomery of Univ. of Pittsburgh
Otto Pommerening	...	Otto Pommerening of Michigan
Red Sleight	...	Red Sleight of Purdue
Kenneth Haycraft	...	Kenneth Haycraft of Minnesota

Also Known As:

Eleven Men and a Girl (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The play, "The College Widow," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 20 September 1904 and closed in May 1905 after 278 performances.

Movie Connections:

Version of The College Widow (1915)

Soundtrack:

Maybe It's Love

Eleven Men And A Girl

A pretty coed uses an ancient feminine technique to entice an All-American team of football players to enroll at her father's college.

Comic Joe E. Brown dominates this mild little comedy from what is essentially a supporting role and there are longish periods of screen time when he all but disappears. Front & center, however, he is very funny, his elastic face and enormous mouth a sure sign of hilarity for the audience. Whether teaching young Joan Bennett how to flirt with boys, dealing with a honey-hungry bear, or becoming frantic while locked in a cellar during the final football game with a very belligerent millionaire, Brown always knows how to churn out the laughs.

While Brown is allowed no romantics of his own, that department is very capably handled by Miss Bennett & likable rich kid James Hall. Their sequences together are pleasant, although unremarkable.

An uncredited Anders Randolf plays Hall's wealthy, apoplectic father. The All-American Football Eleven from the late 1920's play themselves and they are a sturdy inclusion. One or two can even almost act.

This film is sometimes shown under the title ELEVEN MEN AND A GIRL (1930).