They Learned About Women is a 1930 American black and white sports drama musical film

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...

. Though this film is a "talkie", MGM also issued this movie in a silent version

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

, with Alfred Block writing the titles. The film was remade in 1949 as Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a 1949 Technicolor musical film starring Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, and Gene Kelly. The movie was directed by Busby Berkeley. The title and nominal theme is taken from the unofficial anthem of American baseball, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"...

. Sadly, Joe Schenck died on June 28, 1930, so this was the last film appearance of Van and Schenck.

Cast

• Gus Van as Jerry Burke
• Joe Schenck
  Van and Schenck
  Van and Schenck were popular United States entertainers in the 1910s and 1920s: Gus Van , baritone and Joe Schenck , tenor. They were vaudeville stars and made appearances in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921...
  
   as Jack Glennon
• Bessie Love
  Bessie Love
  Bessie Love was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies. With a small frame and delicate features, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. Her role in The Broadway Melody earned her a nomination for...
  
   as Mary Collins
• J.C. Nugent
  J.C. Nugent
  J.C. Nugent , was an American actor. He appeared in 20 films between 1929 and 1943.He was the father of actor, writer and producer Elliot Nugent, with whom he sometimes wrote or acted. He was born in Niles, Ohio and died in New York, New York.-External links:...
  
   as Stafford
• Benny Rubin
  Benny Rubin
  Benny Rubin was an American comedian and film actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Rubin made more than 200 radio, film and television appearances over a span of 50 years.-Radio and television:...
  
   as Sam Goldberg
• Mary Doran as Daisy Gebhart
• Tom Dugan
  Tom Dugan
  Tom Dugan was an Irish film actor. He appeared in over 260 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Dublin, Ireland and died in Redlands, California....
  
   as Tim O'Connor
• Eddie Gribbon
  Eddie Gribbon
  Eddie Gribbon was an American film actor. He appeared in 184 films between 1916 and 1951.He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California from cancer...
  
   as Brennan
• Ralph Bushman
  Ralph Bushman
  Ralph Everly Bushman , was an American actor. He appeared in fifty-five films between 1920 and 1943.The son of notable silent film star Francis X. Bushman and Josephine Fladine Duval, he was born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and died in Los Angeles, California. In his early film career, he was often...
  
  as Home Run Haskins

Soundtrack

• "Ain't You, Baby?"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyris by Jack Yellen

Performed by Gus Van

• "Does My Baby Love?"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen

Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck

• "Harlem Madness"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen

Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck

Reprised by Nina Mae McKinney and chorus

• "He's That Kind of a Pal"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen

Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck (twice)

• "A Man of My Own"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen

Performed by Bessie Love

• "Ten Sweet Mamas"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen

Performed by Gus Van, Joe Schenck and ball players

• "There Will Never Be Another Mary"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen

Performed by Joe Schenck

• "Dougherty Is the Name"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen and Gus Van

Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck

• "I'm an Old-Fashioned Guy"

Music by Milton Ager

Lyrics by Jack Yellen and Gus Van

Performed by Gus Van and Joe Schenck

• "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose"

Music by Percy Wenrich (1924)

Lyrics by Jack Mahoney

Sung by the players in the hotel lobby

• "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"

Written by James Thornton (1898)

Sung partially by Tom Dugan and Benny Rubin

External links

• They Learned About Women at Answers.com
• They Learned About Women at Sanderson Beck page