Local Boy Makes Good [SEP] director
Local Boy Makes Good
Local Boy Makes Good is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by Robert Lord, Raymond Griffith and Ray Enright. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent and Wade Boteler. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 27, 1931.
Plot.
Sheepish bookstore employee John Miller has become infatuated with a college girl, Julia Winters, he has never met. His love letters to her are
act goes over poorly until Curly accidentally puts on a magicians coat and becomes a sensation and the place is a success.
Production notes.
Filming for "Loco Boy Makes Good" took place from July 29 to August 1, 1941. However, it did not appear in theatres until January 1942, the first Stooges short to be released after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
"Loco Boy Makes Good" is filled with parodies and timely references. The title itself parodies the expression "Local Boy Makes Good,