You Can't Ration Love (1944) DVD-R

Starring Betty Jane Rhodes, Johnny Johnston, Marjorie Weaver, Johnnie
Davis, Marie Wilson
Directed by Lester Fuller

Print: black/white
Runtime: 78 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

Because of the war, there aren't enough men at Adams College for all the
girls, but Betty (Betty Jane Rhodes as Betty Rhodes) has no difficulties as
she has a monopoly on stud-athlete Pete (Bill Edwards). The other girls,
particularly Marian (Marjorie Weaver), think this is unfair, so Marian
institutes a system of rationing dates. Pete is rated as thirty points and
Betty is furious as the other girls bypass the 4-F's and slide-rule geeks to
save their ration points to date Pete. Betty drafts him for the Varsity
Show, but when the pressure of preparing for the show hurts his studies,
Marian volunteers to tutor him and has him all to herself. Scholarly John
"Two-Point" Simpson (Johnny Johnston as Johnnie Johnston) auditions
and, since he isn't hep to the jive, is laughed off the stage. Betty helps
him and soon "Two-Point" is in the groove and makes a hit, and Betty
discovers she is in love with him. The faculty cancels the date-rationing
plan and Johnnie, whose point value has gone up, thinks Betty is the
cause of the ruling and dates Marian for spite. Betty broods and knits
booties for her sister's baby, but conveys the impression to Marian that
she is to have a baby. Johnnie learns he is the "suspected" father and,
thinking it is another of Betty's tricks, plans to leave school. The other
girls, led by Bubbles (Marie Wilson), are worried about Betty's future
stigma and round up a justice of the peace and Johnnie. Betty confesses
the hoax, and the girls start squabbling over the available-again Johnnie,
while Betty and Johnnie make use of the still-available Justice of the
Peace.