The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

5.5

72 minutes

8/14/1953

Overview

Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English instruction, and Dobie's role in a chemistry lab explosion convinces Mr. Hammer he is right. Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an Eastern school, but with the help of Happy Stella Kolawski's all-girl band, several hundred students and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.

Cast List

Debbie Reynolds
as Pansy Hammer
Bobby Van
as Dobie Gillis
Barbara Ruick
as Lorna Ellingboe
Bob Fosse
as Charlie Trask
Hanley Stafford
as George Hammer
Lurene Tuttle
as Mrs. Eleanor Hammer
Hans Conried
as Prof. Pomfritt
Charles Lane
as Prof. Obispo
Archer MacDonald
as Harry Dorcas
Kathleen Freeman
as Stella Kowalski
Almira Sessions
as Aunt Naomi
Willis Bouchey
as Dr. Askit (uncredited)
Charles Halton
as The Dean (uncredited)
Percy Helton
as Mr. Hammersmith (uncredited)
Donald Elson
as Advisor (uncredited)
Suzanne Alexander
as Co-Ed