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.jpg) Grace Hayes,Peter Lind Hayes, andMary Healy inZis Boom Bah (1941) | |
| Directed by | William Nigh |
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| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
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| Cinematography | Marcel Le Picard |
| Edited by | Robert Golden |
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| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Zis Boom Bah, also known asCollege Sweethearts, is a 1941 Americanmusicalcomedy film directed byWilliam Nigh, and starringGrace Hayes,Peter Lind Hayes andMary Healy.[1] The plot concerns a vaudeville singer who comes to a floundering college to instill values and self-confidence in its entitled students.
Grace Hayes—essentially playing herself—has been playing thevaudeville circuit to finance her son's college education after her wealthy family has shunned her.
Tiring of the road, she goes incognito to visit her son, Peter Kendricks (played by her real-life sonPeter Lind Hayes) with her personal assistant Mary Healy (played by her real-life daughter-in-lawof the same name).
She finds her son and the college "going to Hell in a hand basket", despite the earnest efforts of the kindhearted Dean, Prof. Warren (played byRichard "Skeets" Gallagher). The college and the old families are running out of money and spirit.
Grace buys the local diner, turns it into a version of her real-life club, and encourages the kids to put on a show to raise the funds and spirit the college needs to survive.[1]
Grace Hayes was famous as a performer, and for opening the "movie stars' hang-out", Grace Hayes Lodge, and the chicLas Vegas nightclub, The Red Rooster.[2]
Peter Lind Hayes andMary Healy were married from 1940 until Hayes' death in 1998, and regularly worked together, notably on the filmThe 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953).
Katzman hired a musical troupe to perform numbers live to promote the film.[3]