They Learned About Women backdrop
They Learned About Women

They Learned About Women

4.0 / 1019301h 35m

Synopsis

Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love and gold-diggers get in the way.

Genre: Music, Drama

Status: Released

Director: Jack Conway

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Main Cast

Gus Van

Jerry

Joe Schenck

Jack

Bessie Love

Bessie Love

Mary

J. C. Nugent

J. C. Nugent

Stafford

Benny Rubin

Benny Rubin

Sam

Mary Doran

Mary Doran

Daisy

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

Tim

Eddie Gribbon

Eddie Gribbon

Brennan

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Haskins

Carl Roup

Young Baseball Fan (uncredited)

User Reviews

CinemaSerf

Aside from some quite exciting scenes at the end featuring a nail biting finish to a baseball match, this rather humdrum effort really only has one notable scene - that features the gorgeous Bessie Love ("Mary") atop a piano singing "I've Got a Man of My Own" - it's a delight to watch. The rest of this is a pretty set-piece showcase for Gus Van ("Jerry") and Joe Schenck ("Jack") who juggle their lives on stage and as baseball players. Their friendship lolls along nicely with "Jack" engaged to the aforementioned "Mary", and it's set fair until the rather greedy "Daisy" (Mary Doran) sticks her oar in, and their ordered existence comes a-tumbling down. There's quite a fun ditty from a bath house, and the stars have just enough chemistry to keep the really basic plot bubbling among for a while - but it is far, far too long to sustain the story and the comedy (which, beware, is very much of it's time) is all just a bit too crass and unsubtle for me. I felt a little sorry for poor old "Jack" but, well, you reap what you sow...