Father Was a Fullback (1949)
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and also having trouble at home with his oldest daughter, Connie. The team keeps losing and Coach Cooper is about to lose his job as his efforts to win the last game of the season, against the team's Big Rival, end in disaster. But, unknown to he and his wife, Elizabeth, Connie has sold an article, called "I Was a Bubble Dancer" to a 'True-Confession" magazine, and the girl-who-couldn't-get-a-date becomes suddenly popular and, because of her, the high-school football star from another town decides to play his college-ball for Coach Cooper. Jessup is forced to keep Cooper on as the school's football coach.
Director:
John M. Stahl
Writers:
Mary Loos, Richard Sale, Aleen Leslie, Casey Robinson.
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Fred MacMurray as George Cooper |
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Maureen O'Hara as Elizabeth Cooper |
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Betty Lynn as Connie Cooper |
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Natalie Wood as Ellen Cooper |
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Rudy Vallee as Mr. Jessup |
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Thelma Ritter as Geraldine |
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Jim Backus as Professor Sullivan |
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Richard Tyler as Joe Birch |
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Buddy Martin as Cheerleader |
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Frank Mills as Assistant Football Coach |
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Mickey McCardle as Jones |
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Louise Lorimer as Mrs. Jones |
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Ruth Clifford as Neighbor |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Mary Loos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Sale | Screenplay |
| Directing | John M. Stahl | Director |
| Writing | Aleen Leslie | Screenplay |
| Production | Fred Kohlmar | Producer |
| Writing | Casey Robinson | Screenplay |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Editing | J. Watson Webb Jr. | Editor |
| Art | Chester Gore | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kay Nelson | Costume Design |
| Sound | Cyril J. Mockridge | Music |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Lloyd Ahern Sr. | Director of Photography |
