Old Man Rhythm / To Beat the Band

Worried that his freshman son (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) is neglecting his studies, a businessman (George Barbier) enrolls in college to keep an eye on him, but starts enjoying campus life a little too much himself. "Old Man Rhythm" co-stars Betty Grable, Erik Rhodes, Donald Meek, Johnny Mercer; Mercer/Lewis Gensler score includes "Comes the Revolution, Baby." When an eager heir (Hugh Herbert) learns his legacy's contingent on his marrying a widow, he angles to get his girlfriend (Phyllis Brooks) and his suicidal neighbor (Roger Pryor) to the altar, in "To Beat the Band." Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Mercer co-star; Mercer/Matty Malneck score includes "Eeney-Meeney-Miney-Mo." 145 min. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.