College (1927 film)
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| Directed by | James W. Horne Buster Keaton |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Written by | Bryan Foy Carl Harbaugh |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Anne Cornwall Harold Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Bert Haines Dex Jennings |
| Editing by | Sherman Kell |
| Distributed by | United Artists Image Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | September 27, 1927 |
| Running time | 66 min. |
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| Language | English |
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College is a 1927 comedy-drama silent film directed by James W. Horne and Buster Keaton, and starring Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, and Harold Goodwin.
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Set in Southern California, the movie opens with Ronald (Buster Keaton) graduating high school as the school’s “most brilliant scholar”. At his graduation, Ronald speaks on the “Curse of the Athlete” in which he argues that books are more important that athletics.
After Graduation Ronald decides to follow Mary (Ann Cornwall), the girl who rejected him because she loves athletes more than book worms, to Calyton which the dean describes as an “athlete-infested college”. While at Clayton, Ronald, in an effort to impress Mary tries out and fails in the various sports.
Eventually the dean calls in Ronald to ask him why his grades are suffering. After Ronald explains the situation to the dean, the dean empathizes with Ronald and orders the rowing coach to make Ronald the coxswain in the upcoming competition. The coach reluctantly agrees but tries to sabotage Ronald so he cannot compete.
Meanwhile, Mary starts to appreciate Ronald’s futile efforts to impress her. However, on the day of the competition Jeff (Harold Goodwin), Mary’s jock boyfriend, gets kicked out of college and takes her hostage in her room in an effort to get her kicked out also so she can marry him.
What will happen in the rowing competition? Will Ronald save Mary? You will have to watch the movie to find out the answers to these questions.
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- Buster Keaton as Ronald
- Anne Cornwall as Mary Haynes
- Harold Goodwin as Jeff
- Flora Bramley as Mary's friend
- Snitz Edwards as Dean Edwards
- Florence Turner as Ronald's mother
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