| Local Boy Makes Good | |
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Screenplay by | Robert Lord Raymond Griffith Ray Enright |
| Starring | Joe E. Brown Dorothy Lee Ruth Hall Edward Woods Edward Nugent Wade Boteler |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | Jack Killifer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $310,000[1] |
| Box office | $643,000[1] |
Local Boy Makes Good is a 1931 AmericanPre-Codecomedy film directed byMervyn LeRoy and written byRobert Lord,Raymond Griffith andRay Enright.[2] The film starsJoe E. Brown,Dorothy Lee,Ruth Hall,Edward Woods,Edward Nugent andWade Boteler. The film was released byWarner Bros. on November 27, 1931.[3][4]
Sheepish bookstore employee John Miller has become infatuated with a college girl, Julia Winters, he has never met. His love letters to her are accidentally mailed, so Julia comes to visit, under the mistaken impression John is a college track star.
While co-worker Marjorie helps continue his deception, John tries to join the school's team. His wild javelin throw nearly kills other athletes, who chase him off the field. The college's coach is amazed at how fast John can run.
Julia figures out she's been had. A psychology student, she analyzes John as a boy with an inferiority complex. After the coach finds John and invites him to run, Julia persuades him to race against her old boyfriend, Spike Hoyt, a star athlete and a bully. Majorie eventually talks John into it, even getting him drunk enough to do it.
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $500,000 domestically and $143,000 foreign.[1]