Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Elliott Nugent
Written by	Mary Loos Mary C. McCall, Jr. Richard Sale
Produced by	Samuel G. Engel
Starring	Clifton Webb Shirley Temple Tom Drake
Cinematography	Lloyd Ahern
Edited by	Harmon Jones
Music by	Alfred Newman
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date	April 15, 1949 (1949-04-15)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,650,000[1]

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent. The screenplay written by Mary Loos, Mary C. McCall, Jr., and Richard Sale was based on characters created by Gwen Davenport. It follows on from Sitting Pretty (1948), and had a sequel, Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951). The film focuses on prickly genius Lynn Belvedere (Clifton Webb) who enrolls in a major university with the intention of obtaining a four-year degree in only one year.