- HD 1080
- Runtime: 68m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- Stars: Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods, Edward Nugent
- keywords: secret love, shyness, nerd, college
- Production_studio: First National Pictures
- Slogan: Napoleon of nonsense, Gulliver of glee, hijacker of the blues, king of komics, he-man of hilarity, foremost funster of them all.
- The Local Boy Makes Good is featured in the top rankings of 1931
- #23 in Top Comedy Movies of 1931
- #26 in Top Romance Movies of 1931
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, one of his letters gets accidentally mailed and Julia receives it. When the letter says that he is a fraternity man and a big track star, Julia rushes right over to see him. But John is neither and Spike, Julia's boyfriend, is a track star at a nearby College. John does not want to enter the track meet so Julia tries to use psychology on him. That and a good wrestling hold makes John timidly agree to enter the race, but Spike still scares him.