Sweetie

Though drifting far from a realistic rendition of college life, SWEETIE is an enjoyable little picture that is light on plot line but heavy in the charm category. This includes two song numbers which could easily be considered musical classics. The first of these has Kane spouting off "He's So Unusual" to her oaf of a boy friend who's more interested in football than in her. Then Jack Oakie does an imitation of Al Jolson with black-face and bent knee to a song entitled "Alma Mammy." The yarn centers around Carroll as a Broadway star and the new owner of a North Carolina college which has a small girls' school just a few miles away. Carroll's sweetheart, Smit...