Local Boy Makes Good

The film stars Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent and Wade Boteler. The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 27, 1931.

Local Boy Makes Good
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay by	Robert Lord Raymond Griffith Ray Enright
Starring	Joe E. Brown Dorothy Lee Ruth Hall Edward Woods Edward Nugent Wade Boteler
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	Jack Killifer
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 27, 1931 (1931-11-27)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$310,000
Box office	$643,000

Sheepish bookstore employee John Miller has become infatuated with a college girl, Julia Winters, he has never met. His love letters to her are accidentally mailed, so Julia comes to visit, under the mistaken impression John is a college track star.

While co-worker Marjorie helps continue his deception, John tries to join the school's team. His wild javelin throw nearly kills other athletes, who chase him off the field. The college's coach is amazed at how fast John can run.

Julia figures out she's been had. A psychology student, she analyzes John as a boy with an inferiority complex. After the coach finds John and invites him to run, Julia persuades him to race against her old boyfriend, Spike Hoyt, a star athlete and a bully. Majorie eventually talks John into it, even getting him drunk enough to do it.

• Joe E. Brown as John Augustus Miller
• Dorothy Lee as Julia Winters
• Ruth Hall as Marjorie Blake
• Edward Woods as Spike Hoyt
• Edward Nugent as Wally Pierce
• Wade Boteler as Doc
• John Harrington as Coach Jackson
• William Burress as Colonel Small

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $500,000 domestically and $143,000 foreign.

• A print is housed in the Library of Congress collection.

• List of films about the sport of athletics