Girl o' My Dreams (a.k.a. Love Race) is a 1934 American college comedy film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring Sterling Holloway and Lon Chaney Jr.

Plot summary

Larry Haines (Edward J. Nugent) is the school's track champion. The “Big Man on Campus”, his success goes straight to his head. His friends, Spec Early (Sterling Holloway), Bobby Barnes (Arthur Lake), and his girlfriend Gwen (Mary Carlisle), get fed up with him, and his swollen head.

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They decide that he needs to get his big head deflated; so, they rig the “Joe Senior” college contest, so Larry comes in second. They make sure Don Cooper (Lon Chaney Jr.) wins; and, he begins to go out with Gwen, much to the dismay of his own steady girlfriend Mary (Gigi Parrish).

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It soon becomes clear that Mary's not the only thing Don's forgotten about. It looks like both Don and Larry are in such a muddle they, and their school, are going to lose the track meet. Once again, it's up to the girls to sort out the mess, and spur them on to victory.

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Cast

Mary Carlisle as Gwen

Sterling Holloway as Spec Early

Edward J. Nugent as Larry Haines

Arthur Lake as Bobby Barnes

Lon Chaney Jr. as Don Cooper

Tom Dugan as Joe Smiley

Gigi Parrish as Mary

Jeanie Roberts as Kittens

Betty Mae Crane of The Crane Sisters as 'Nip and Tuck' Twin

Beverly Crane of The Crane Sisters as 'Nip and Tuck' Twin

Lee Shumway as Coach

Ted Dahl as Orchestra Leader

External links

1934 films

1934 comedy-drama films

Monogram Pictures films

American comedy-drama films

American black-and-white films

Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) Films directed by Ray McCarey 1930s English-language films 1930s American films