Freshman Love
| Freshman Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William McGann |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Written by |
George Ade (play:The College Widow NY 1904) Earl Felton(screenplay) George Bricker (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Patricia Ellis Frank McHugh |
| Music by | Leo F. Forbstein |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | James Gibbon |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release dates | January 18, 1936; 7 reels |
Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Freshman Love is a 1936 sound film based on George Ade's oft filmed play The College Widow, adaptations of which were filmed twice previously, in 1915 and 1927. This version is directed by William McGann and is a comedy-musical starring Patricia Ellis.[1]
This is Lloyd Bridges' first film.
A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.[2]
Plot
Male students are tricked into joining Billings College's rowing team when the coach, Speed Hammond, is able to persuade the school president's attractive daughter, Joan Simpkins, to recruit them.
Bob Wilson is one of the rowers, but due to a problem with his grades, he ends up enrolling under a phony name. Adversaries try everything, even music, to distract the Billings crew during the big race, but the team holds on for victory.
Cast
- Patricia Ellis - Joan Simpkins
- Warren Hull - Bob Wilson
- Frank McHugh - Coach Speed Hammond
- Mary Treen - Squirmy
- Joseph Cawthorne (as Joseph Cawthorn) - Bob Wilson, Sr. Z
- Alma Lloyd - Sandra
- George E. Stone - E. Predergast Biddle
- Henry O'Neill - President Simpkins
- Anita Kerry - Princess Oggi
- Johnny Arthur - Fields
- Walter Johnson - Tony Foster
- Joseph Sawyer - Coach Kendall
- Florence Fair - Mrs. Norton
- Spec O'Donnell - Eddie
- Joseph King - Terry Biddle
- William Moore - Editor
- Ben Hall - Goofy freshman
- Nestor Aber - Third goof
- Bill Carew - Student at soda fountain
uncredited
- Lloyd Bridges
- William Carey
- Virginia Dabney - Co-Ed
- Don Downen - Second Goof
- Jerry Fletcher - Leader of Tango Band
- Tommy Hicks - College Boy
- Robert Emmett Keane - Announcer
- Joe King - Terry Biddle
- Edmund Mortimer - Henderson
- George Noisom - Harmonica Player
- Broderick O'Farrell - Member of Board of Trustees
- Peter Potter - Vindicator Editor
- Dick Purcell - Radio Announcer
- Harry Seymour - Oggi's Barker
- Michael Stuart - Third Goof
- Fred "Snowflake" Toones - Mose
- Ruth Warren - Marie, Housemother
- Jack Wise - Oggi's Attendant
- Sam Wolfe - Harmonica Player
- Jane Wyman - Co-Ed
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Freshman Love
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, c.1978 pub. by The American Film Institute