• Spring Madness (1938)

    Harvard senior Sam Thatcher (Lew Ayres) and his best friend and roommate, known as The Lippencott (Burgess Meredith), plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alex Benson (Maureen O'Sullivan). Alex, at a neighboring women's college, invites Sam to a dance after The Lippencott's girlfriend reveals the boys' plans. A crisis develops when the boys find out the only ship to Russia departs two weeks before graduation -- and the night before the dance.

Spring Madness

Release Date: 1938

Not Yet Rated |1 hr 20 min

Plot Summary

Harvard senior Sam Thatcher (Lew Ayres) and his best friend and roommate, known as The Lippencott (Burgess Meredith), plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alex Benson (Maureen O'Sullivan). Alex, at a neighboring women's college, invites Sam to a dance after The Lippencott's girlfriend reveals the boys' plans. A crisis develops when the boys find out the only ship to Russia departs two weeks before graduation -- and the night before the dance.

Cast: Maureen O'Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Ruth Hussey, Ann Morriss, Joyce Compton, Julie Bishop, Frank Albertson

Director: S. Sylvan Simon

Genres: Comedy

Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Keywords: Deception, Daughter, Best friend, 1930s, Cheeky, Girlfriend, Love, Friendship, Spirited, Transformation

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