The latest in campus fashions of the times included saddle shoes.

Some of the on-location filming was done in Astoria, Oregon and along the
the Oregon coast, a considerable distance from Astoria. The adventure
comedy film was directed by Richard Donner and the screenplay was written
by Chris Columbus from a story by executive producer Steven Spielberg.

Tim Maguire

 
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio) 

(June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995)

Martin was one of the most popular and enduring entertainers of the
mid-20th century. He was nicknamed the "King of Cool" for his effortless 
charisma and self-assuredness. He and Jerry Lewis were partners in the
hugely popular comedy team "Martin and Lewis".

Walter P. Chrysler, founder of the Chrysler Corporation with the
original 1924 Chrysler Six.

The Chrysler Corporation was founded out of what remained of the Maxwell Motor Company. Chrysler greatly expanded in 1928, when it acquired the Fargo truck
company and the Dodge Brothers Company and began selling vehicles under
those brands; that same year it also established the Plymouth and DeSoto
automobile brands.

Walter Chrysler,Time Magazine’s Man of the Year – 1928.

1931