When the story begins, an elderly man reminsces about Petey Simmons' days in college. The rest of the film is a lengthy flashback about this time period.
Petey is inexplicably the most popular freshman at Siwash College and all the fraternities want him to pledge. However, over the course of his time at the frat house, he has shown himself to be a self-absorbed fathead. His roommate eventually tells him this...and how his classmates are tiring of him.
A bit later, Petey gets into trouble and he assumes the judge will just give him a slap on the wrist. After all, this is what's happened in the past since he's a fraternity brother. But the new judge turns out to be tough and is tired of all the college hijinx...and Petey doesn't make it any better by his conduct in court. But Petey DOES get a continuance and the conniving jerk begins dating the judge's daughter (Bonita Granville)...a girl he wronged earlier in the movie. What is going to happen when she and the judge discover the truth? And, what will Petey do as the judge is about to unleash the full extent of his wrath on this jerky freshman?
Like most college films of the 1930s-40s, the students never seem to go to classes and instead spend all their time partying and chasing girls.
So is it any good? Well, it is mildly enjoyable but I also think they made Petey a bit too unlikable. I think toning it back a bit could have resulted in a film that is better than just a time-passer.
