PIGSKIN PARADE. 20th Century Fox, 1936. Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, The Yacht Club Boys, Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Tony Martin, Elisha Cook Jr., Lynn Bari, Alan Ladd. Director: David Butler.

   When Yale mistakenly challenges a small Texas college in a game of football, the outcome is a foregone conclusion. It is, that is, until the school with an enrollment of only 700 recruits a hillbilly with an arm like a rifle, straight from a melon patch.

   Lots of singing and dancing, Although he doesn’t appear until the second half of the movie, Stu Erwin manages to get star billing as the team’s new quarterback. Judy Garland, who plays his sister, makes a smash movie debut – stealing the show as a 15-year-old.