So This Is College
So This Is College | |
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Directed by | Sam Wood |
Produced by | Sam Wood |
Screenplay by |
Al Boasberg Delmer Daves Joseph Farnham |
Starring |
Elliott Nugent Robert Montgomery Cliff Edwards Sally Starr Phyllis Crane |
Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
So This Is College is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Sam Wood and written by Al Boasberg, Delmer Daves and Joseph Farnham. The film stars Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Cliff Edwards, Sally Starr and Phyllis Crane. The film was released on November 8, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1][2]
Plot
Biff and Eddie, two college classmates at the University of Southern California, are life-long friends, fraternity brothers, and members of the football team. Although they make a vow at the beginning of their senior year that they will no longer allow their pursuit of girls to get into the way of they friendship, they soon break their vow when both fall for pretty Babs Baxter, a popular co-ed. Vying for her affections, Biff and Eddie play pranks on each other that soon causes a serious breach in their relationship. When Biff finally realizes that Eddie wants to marry Babs, he decides to step aside for the sake of their friendship, but at the season's big football game, both realize that Babs has merely been toying with them she introduces them to her fiancé Bruce. After winning the game, Biff and Eddie decide never again to let girls come between them—until they see another pretty girl in the park.
Cast
- Elliott Nugent as Eddie
- Robert Montgomery as Biff
- Cliff Edwards as Windy
- Sally Starr as Babs
- Phyllis Crane as Betty
- Dorothy Dehn as Jane
- Max Davidson as Moe
- Ann Brody as Momma
- Oscar Rudolph as Freshie
- Gene Stone as Stupid
- Polly Moran as Polly
- Lee Shumway as Coach
References
- ↑ "So This Is College (1929) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "So This Is College". AFI. Retrieved 10 November 2014.