Brown of Harvard (1926 film)

Brown of Harvard is a 1926 silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring William Haines. It is based on the successful 1906 Broadway play Brown of Harvard by Rida Johnson Young who also co-wrote the popular music for the play along with Melvin Ellis.^[1] The film is the best known of the three Brown of Harvard films, having been John Wayne's screen debut.^[2] Uncredited, Wayne played a "Yale Football Player". Grady Sutton and Robert Livingston, both of whom went on to long and successful careers, also appear uncredited. The 1918 film included future Boston Redskins coach William "Lone Star" Dietz and the only Washington State University football team to win a Rose Bowl.

Cast

• William Haines as Tom Brown
• Jack Pickford as Jim Doolittle
• Mary Brian as Mary Abbott
• Ralph Bushman as Bob McAndrew (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.)
• Mary Alden as Mrs. Brown
• David Torrence as Mr. Brown
• Edward Connelly as Professor Abbott
• Guinn Williams as Hal Walters
• Donald Reed as Reggie Smythe
• John Wayne as a Yale College football player (uncredited)

See also

• List of American films of 1926
• John Wayne filmography (1926-1940)

References

External links

• Brown of Harvard at the Internet Movie Database