GIRLS DEMAND EXCITEMENT

DIRECTED BY SEYMOUR FELIX
FOX FILM CORPORATION

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INFORMATION BY IMDb

Plot Summary
Peter Brooks is a hard-working, hard-up college student
whose dislike of women attending college weakens
under the amorous advances of spoiled socialite coed Joan Madison.

Full Cast
Virginia Cherrill ... Joan Madison
John Wayne ... Peter Brooks
Marguerite Churchill ... Miriam
Edward J. Nugent ... Tommy
Helen Jerome Eddy ... Gazella Perkins
Terrance Ray ... Sheik Nevins
Martha Sleeper ... Harriet Mundy
William Janney ... Freddie
Ralph Welles ... Simeon
George Irving ... Mr. Madison
Winter Hall ... The Dean
Marion Byron ... Margery
Ray Cooke ... Jimmie (uncredited)
Carter Gibson ... Freshman (uncredited)
Jerry Mandy ... Joe (uncredited)
Addie McPhail ... Sue Street (uncredited)
Emerson Treacy ... Bobby Cruikshank (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Harlan Thompson writer

Cinematography
Charles G. Clarke
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If you haven't seen it, don't bother!
User Reviews
by bensonj (New York, NY)

John Wayne is quoted as saying that this was his worst film, and is the Duke ever right! It should be titled "Girls Demand Their Money Back," because there's not an ounce of excitement or anything else. This is a totally inept film in every category, and features that deadly slow dialogue generally only found in films made a year or two earlier: "Say...(pause)...you're not coming to school...here...(long pause)...are you?" Apparently the idea was to make a college sex farce, but there's absolutely no sex and no farce. Sample: Spinster psychology teacher tests kissing in class, using blood pressure meter. She tries it herself and her meter goes way up. Ha, ha. Then the gals challenge the guys to a basketball game. Apparently the idea was that they'd distract the guys with their costumes, but the costumes are so modest that I didn't catch the point until the end of the game. One can see the temptation to theatrically program a rare Wayne film that also stars Virginia Cherrill (and which was released the same week as her classic performance as the blind girl in CITY LIGHTS!), but this isn't just dull, it's just absolutely pathetic and incompetent in every way. It should only be shown in fan-boy living rooms.

Hi

Seyour Felix was a choreographer who directed two pictures, one of which John Wayne was unfortunate enough to appear in. He later said that Girls Demand Excitement was the silliest picture he was ever in.

The only good thing that came out of the picture was that he met and befriended actor Paul Fix who gave him many pointers on acting.

Regards

Arthur

This is one of the fifty some films of John Wayne I do not have....there must be a copy floating around somewhere I am sure.

Roger.

Originally posted by erscolo@Dec 23 2005, 05:07 PM
This is one of the fifty some films of John Wayne I do not have....there must be a copy floating around somewhere I am sure.

Roger.
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If there is, no one seems to know about it. This Columbia picture, along with 'Three Girls Lost', are on the list of John Wayne films that appear lost forever.

Originally posted by falc04@Dec 24 2005, 11:25 AM
If there is, no one seems to know about it.* This Columbia picture, along with 'Three Girls Lost', are on the list of John Wayne films that appear lost forever.
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Hi,
I agree, that was my assumption too!!

Well, the UCLA Film and Television Archive claims to have a complete print of this film in their library. Here's what they have to say about it. If you look down towards the bottom, you will see that is says, "Reserved for preservation," so hopefully we will see this film in the future.


...: Girls demand excitement / Fox Film Corporation ; Wm. Fox
presents ; Seymour Felix production ; associate
producer, Ralph Block ; story, adaptation and dialogue
by Harlan Thompson.
United States : Fox Film Corporation, c1931.

...: The players: With John Wayne [Peter Brooks], Virginia
Cherrill [Joan Madison], Marguerite Churchill [Miriam].
Edward Nugent [Tommy]; Helen Jerome Eddy [Gazella
Perkins]; Terrance Ray [Sheik Nevins]; Martha Sleeper
[Harriet Mundy]; William Janney [Freddie]. [Ralph Welles
(Simeon); George Irving (Mr. Madison); Winter Hall
(Dean); Marion Byron (Margery); Emerson Treacy (Bobby
Cruikshank); Addie McPhail (Sue Street); Jerry Mandy
(Joe); Ray Cooke (Jimmie)].

Credits: Photography, Charles Clarke; sound recorder, Eugene
Grossman; settings, Jack Schulze; costumes, Sophie
Wachner; film editor, Jack Murray.

...: College comedy; feature.
Bracketed cast credits taken from xerox of studio records
supplied by AFI cataloger.
"Western Electric System."
Playing time on release was 79 min., according to: Film
daily yearbook, 1932.
Copyright: Fox Film Corp.; 21Jan31; LP1943.
"Passed by National Board of Review."

Genre(s)/form(s): College films and programs.
Features.

Credits heading(s):
Fox, William, 1879-1952.
Felix, Seymour, 1892-1961. direction
Block, Ralph, 1889-1974. production
Thompson, Harlan, b. 1890. writing
Clarke, Charles Galloway, 1899- camera
Grossman, Eugene, b. 1897. sound
Schulze, Jack. production design
Wachner, Sophie. production design
Murray, Jack. editing
Wayne, John, 1907-1979. cast
Cherrill, Virginia, 1908- cast
Churchill, Marguerite. cast
Nugent, Edward, 1904- cast
Eddy, Helen Jerome, 1897- cast
Ray, Terrance, 1907-1978. cast
Sleeper, Martha. cast
Irving, George, 1874-1961. cast
Byron, Marion, 1911- cast
Fox Film Corporation.

BBID (expression): 43959

Location: Non-circulating Nitrate Vaults archival copy

Inventory Number: M4048

Collection: MP Motion Picture Collection

Format: 7 reels of 7 (79 min.?) (ca. 7000 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 35
mm. nitrate work print.

Notes: Reserved for preservation; no use.
PRESERVATION: Unique. ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Single system work print. NOTES: Studio print.
Cataloging based on transcription done by AFI cataloger.
F50-R13-7-13
MY1

HLDID (manifestation):
73363

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UCLA Film and Television Archive

Here is the thread
FOUR SONS (http://www.dukewayne.com/showthread.php?t=4671)
including the video clip

And here is a link to the Girls Demand Excitement clips, which were edited together and a small bit of narration deleted. It's only 19 seconds.

http://members.shaw.ca/n_roughley/Girls_Demand_Excitement.wmv

or, for Mac users or those who prefer Flash:

http://members.shaw.ca/n_roughley/Girls_Demand_Excitement.flv

I would love to see the entire film, missing reel or not.

I should clarify that it's Three Girls Lost that has a missing reel, not Girls Demand Excitement.

BTW, the closing credits for the documentary The Duke at Fox says that the film is "available to own from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment", along with Men Without Women. It's either a glaring mistake or something is in the works.

http://i27.servimg.com/u/f27/11/97/59/03/a_duk398.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=8153&u=11975903)

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