Maybe It's Love

"The Football Season is on with Joe E. Brown as a Perfect Panic as he Battles the All American Team."

Oct 4 1930 Passed 1h 12m
Comedy, Music, Romance

A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus. Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).

Plot

A college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) to individually flirt with an entire team of All-American football players, in order to entice them over to her college. But the players get angry and threaten to walk out when they find out that they have been fooled, and they get even madder when they discover that she has actually fallen in love with one of their own teammates (James Hall).

Written by

Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Jackson, George Ade

Directed by

William A. Wellman

Cast

Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, James Hall

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
365
Average Rating
5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA