She’s Working Her Way Through College (1952): Cast
She’s Working Her Way Through College is a 1952 music comedy directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Virginia Mayo as Angela Gardner, Ronald Reagan and Bess Flowers. It runs 1 hour 44 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 44m (104 min)
- Director
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is She’s Working Her Way Through College About?
The premise of She’s Working Her Way Through College without spoilers.
A talented burlesque performer, known as Hot Garters Gertie, enrolls as a co‑ed student and shakes up campus life. While studying, she encounters the drama professor who will become her mentor, only to discover his wife is her new landlady. Angela revitalizes the school's annual stage production, but her hidden past soon threatens to surface.
She’s Working Her Way Through College Themes & Keywords
· 39 tags- burlesque queen
- co ed
- song
- song in title
- singer
- singing
- burlesque
- garter belt
- cigarette smoking
- slang
- dancer
- dubbed singing
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- vaudeville routine
- scandal
- college campus
- college fight song
- college professor
- jealousy
- show business
- top banana
- landlady
- secret past
- deception
- psychotronic film
- literature on screen
- american literature on screen
- humoristic literature on screen
- american humoristic literature on screen
- 20th century literature on screen
- mayo and nelson
- reagan and mayo
- mayo and wymore
- nelson and wymore
- professor
- college
- college education
- education
- musical comedy
- based on play
She’s Working Her Way Through College Cast & Characters
Virginia Mayo leads the cast as Angela Gardner, with Ronald Reagan as John Palmer and Bess Flowers as Lady in Audience. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone; 31 actors are credited in all.
- Director H. Bruce Humberstone
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Virginia Mayo as Angela Gardner -
Ronald Reagan as John Palmer - Bess Flowers as Lady in Audience
- Jack Gargan as Professor (uncredited)
Also Starring in She’s Working Her Way Through College
· 27 more- Jessie Arnold Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
- Raymond Greenleaf Dean Rogers
- Roland Winters Fred Copeland
- Chuck Hicks Football Player (uncredited)
- Julie Newmar Julie
- Don DeFore Shep Slade
- Richard Reeves Mike
- Gene Nelson Don Weston
- Charles Watts Man Exiting Hotel Elevator
- Phyllis Thaxter Helen Palmer
- Edward Clark Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- Phyllis Kirk Co-Ed (uncredited)
- Norman Bartold Tiny Gordon
- Patrice Wymore Ivy Williams
- Jimmy Ames Man in Burlesque Theatre Box (uncredited)
- Sylvia Lewis Ensemble Dancer (uncredited)
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- Amanda Randolph Maybelle (uncredited)
- Bette Arlen Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Hope Sansberry Mrs. Rogers (uncredited)
- F. Herrick Herrick Professor (uncredited)
- Edward Astran Trustee (uncredited)
- Ginger Crowley Lonnie
- Ramon Blackburn Singer / Dancer (uncredited)
- Royce Blackburn Singer / Dancer (uncredited)
- Louis Cutelli Square (uncredited)
- Larry Craig Student (uncredited)
- Patricia Hawks Co-Ed (uncredited)
She’s Working Her Way Through College Trailers & Videos
2 videos: 2 trailers.
- Trailer She's Working Her Way Through College Original Trailer
Cars in She’s Working Her Way Through College
14 cars on screen, including the 1951 Ford Custom and the 1951 Lincoln Cosmopolitan.
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1951 Ford Custom Important role -
1951 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Minor role -
1951 Mercury Convertible Minor role -
1936 De Soto Airstream Background role
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She’s Working Her Way Through College FAQ: Cast & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of She’s Working Her Way Through College, each answered in a sentence.
How long is She’s Working Her Way Through College?
She’s Working Her Way Through College runs 1 hour 44 minutes (104 minutes).
When was She’s Working Her Way Through College released?
She’s Working Her Way Through College was released on July 9, 1952.
Who directed She’s Working Her Way Through College?
She’s Working Her Way Through College was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone.
More films by H. Bruce Humberstone Who is in the cast of She’s Working Her Way Through College?
She’s Working Her Way Through College stars Virginia Mayo as Angela Gardner, Ronald Reagan as John Palmer and Bess Flowers as Lady in Audience, among 31 credited actors.
Does She’s Working Her Way Through College have a post-credit scene?
No. She’s Working Her Way Through College has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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