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The College Widow (1927)
Directed by Archie Mayo
“Forty Fighters Fall For College Flirt”
Comedy, Romance · 1h 07m
Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President Witherspoon is told that unless better athletes can be induced to come to Atwater, he will be asked to resign. Acting upon the suggestion of Professor Jelicoe, Jane, the professor's beautiful daughter, uses her personal charm to draw noted football stars from neighboring schools by a series of ruses at a vacationing spot. Billy Bolton, son of a financial magnate, falls for Jane and to prove himself registers under another name and works his way through school, attaining scholastic and athletic honors. Through the jealousy of another girl, Billy learns of Jane's trickery and persuades the athletes not to play;
Cast
Dolores Costello
Jane Witherspoon
William Collier Jr.
Billy Bolton
Douglas Gerrard
Professor Jelicoe
Anders Randolf
Hiram Bolton
Charles Hill Mailes
Professor Witherspoon
Sumner Getchell
Jimmie Hopper
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Don White (as Big Boy Williams)
Grace Gordon
Flora
Jesse Hibbs
(as Jess Hibbs)
Crew
- Director
- Archie Mayo
- Writer
- Peter Milne, Paul Schofield
- Director of Photography
- Barney McGill
- Editor
- Clarence Kolster
Details
- Release date
- 1927-10-15
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures