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Brother Rat and a Baby

  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 1h 27m
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5.3/10
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Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan, Jane Bryan, Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris, and Jane Wyman in Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
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Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a baseball coach.Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a baseball coach.Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a baseball coach.

  • Director
    • Ray Enright
  • Writers
    • John Monks Jr.
    • Fred F. Finklehoffe
    • Earl Baldwin
  • Stars
    • Priscilla Lane
    • Wayne Morris
    • Jane Bryan
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    360
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ray Enright
    • Writers
      • John Monks Jr.
      • Fred F. Finklehoffe
      • Earl Baldwin
    • Stars
      • Priscilla Lane
      • Wayne Morris
      • Jane Bryan
    • 8User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Priscilla Lane
    Priscilla Lane
    • Joyce Winfree
    Wayne Morris
    Wayne Morris
    • Billy Randolph
    Jane Bryan
    Jane Bryan
    • Kate
    Eddie Albert
    Eddie Albert
    • 'Bing' Edwards
    Jane Wyman
    Jane Wyman
    • Claire Terry
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    • Dan Crawford
    Peter B. Good
    • Commencement
    Arthur Treacher
    Arthur Treacher
    • Snelling
    Moroni Olsen
    Moroni Olsen
    • Maj. Terry
    Jessie Busley
    Jessie Busley
    • Mrs. Brooks
    Larry Williams
    Larry Williams
    • Harley Harrington
    Berton Churchill
    Berton Churchill
    • Mr. Harper
    Nana Bryant
    Nana Bryant
    • Mrs. Harper
    Paul Harvey
    Paul Harvey
    • Sterling Randolph
    Mayo Methot
    Mayo Methot
    • Girl in Bus
    Edward Gargan
    Edward Gargan
    • Taxicab Driver
    • (as Ed Gargan)
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Hospital Official
    • (uncredited)
    Granville Bates
    Granville Bates
    • First Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ray Enright
    • Writers
      • John Monks Jr.
      • Fred F. Finklehoffe
      • Earl Baldwin
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Jane Bryan (Kate). She retired from acting shortly after her marriage to devote herself to an industrialist Justin Dart, and they was happily married until his death in 1984.
    • Goofs
      The delivery man says the Harper home is "off his route" but a few moments earlier it was established that the mansion was "just around the corner" from a jewelry store on Fifth Avenue. Manhattan would be a common stop in any delivery company's route.
    • Quotes

      Dan Crawford: What a blue ribbon boob, you are.

    • Connections
      Follows Brother Rat (1938)
    • Soundtracks
      Rock-a-Bye Baby
      (1886) (uncredited)
      Music by Effie I. Canning
      Played after Bing goes on to New York

    User reviews8

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    4/10

    Because YOU demanded it! …or did you?

    Clean-cut Virginia Military Institute cadets Wayne Morris (as Billy Randolph), Eddie Albert (as Bing Edwards), and Ronald Reagan (as Dan Crawford) return from "Brother Rat" (1938) to struggle for work in the post-graduate world. Wife Jane Bryan (as Kate), who provided the titular "Commencement" baby, plus girlfriends Pricilla Lane (as Joyce) and Jane Wyman (as Claire) are also back. The tagline screamed, "They're back with a bang! …and a BABY" - but, only a few viewers had even asked.

    The film is always trying to sparkle, but never quite does. It's most notable as the movie that accompanied, approximately, the wedding of future U.S. President Reagan and his pretty "first" lady. She was always quiet and dignified about their split; to paraphrase Ms. Wyman, they broke up because she could never learn to stay home and cook him a hamburger.

    Isn't that nicely put?

    **** Brother Rat and a Baby (1/13/40) Ray Enright ~ Wayne Morris, Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman
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    • Oct 23, 2010
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    • Release date
      • January 13, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Baby Be Good
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $121,000
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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