Pigskin Parade (film)

Pigskin Parade
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	David Butler
Produced by	Bogart Rogers Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	William M. Conselman Mary Kelly Nat Perrin Arthur Sheekman Harry Tugend Jack Yellen
Starring	Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Betty Grable Judy Garland
Music by	David Buttolph
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Edited by	Irene Morra
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	October 23, 1936 (1936-10-23)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$900,000

Pigskin Parade is a 1936 musical comedy film which tells the story of husband and wife college football coaches who convince a backwoods player to play for their team so they can go to the big Bowl Game. It was written by William M. Conselman, Mary Kelly, Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman, Harry Tugend and Jack Yellen, and was directed by David Butler.

The cast includes Stuart Erwin (in an Oscar-nominated performance), Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly, Arline Judge, Dixie Dunbar, Johnny Downs, Betty Grable, Tony Martin and, in her feature film debut, 14-year-old Judy Garland. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Due to a misunderstanding, Yale inadvertently invites the small Texas State University to come to Connecticut and play against its football team for a benefit game. Coincidentally, TSU has just hired a new coach, Slug Winters (Jack Haley), who arrives at the college with his wife Bessie (Patsy Kelly) just in time to hear the announcement that the team is to play Yale.

The coach digs in to whip the team into shape, with Bessie's help, she knowing more about football than Slug does. But just before the big game, Bessie causes an accident and the team's quarterback Biff Bentley breaks his leg. All seems hopeless until Slug and Bessie stumble across an Arkansas hillbilly named Amos Dodd, played by Stuart Erwin, who throws a football like no one they've ever seen. They find him tossing melons with his sister, Sairy (Judy Garland).