College (1927)

To reconcile with his girlfriend, a bookish college student tries to become an athlete.

Directors:

James W. Horne, Buster Keaton (uncredited)

Writers:

Carl Harbaugh (story), Bryan Foy (story)

Stars:

Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Buster Keaton	...	A Son
Anne Cornwall	...	The Girl
Flora Bramley	...	Her Friend
Harold Goodwin	...	A Rival
Snitz Edwards	...	The Dean
Carl Harbaugh	...	Crew Coach
Sam Crawford	...	Baseball Coach
Florence Turner	...	A Mother

Storyline

Ronald's high school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. He fears losing her to rival Jeff, decides to go to college and pay more attention to sports.

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Plot Keywords:

college | student | athlete | college student | school | 

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Taglines:

HE TAKES THE COURSES YOU TAKE THE LAUGHS (Print ad- Crawfordsville Review, ((Crawfordsville, Ind.)) 3 January 1928)

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Various sources associated with the production recalled in later interviews that there was also a filmed scene of Buster Keaton's character trying to play football, but that this scene was later removed to avoid too close a comparison with Harold Lloyd's The Freshman (1925). While no film has surfaced to confirm this, production stills show Buster wearing a football uniform, and playing football with some kids in a vacant lot. Moreover, two small parts of the released film lend credence to it: 1) When Keaton is unpacking in his dorm, one of the how-to-play-sports books he unpacks is about football, and 2) in the scene of Keaton running across the campus to rescue his girl, he dodges through a crowd of people like a running back trying to avoid tacklers in the open field.

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Quotes

The Girl: Your speech was ridiculous. Anyone prefers an athlete to a weak-kneed, teacher's pet. When you change your mind about athletes, then I'll change my mind about you.

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Connections

Featured in The Comic Kino-Eye (2013)

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Soundtracks

The Entertainer
written by Scott Joplin

User Reviews

Buster Keaton goes to "College".

College (1927) was an interesting film that Buster Keaton made during the later days of the silent movie period. In "College", he plays a student who tries all kinds of school sports just so he could impress a girl he's fallen head over heels for. As usual the film is a showcase for Buster Keaton's talents as a stuntman, comedian and director. A little known film but it's one of his better ones. If you're a fan of the silent cinema or a Buster Keaton fan I advise you to pick up a copy of "College". A nice little film that has a "sweet" ending.

Recommended.

A I don't know how many different running times there are for this movie.

The one I saw clocked in at a little over an hour.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

None English

Release Date:

November 1927 (USA)

Also Known As:

College

Filming Locations:

Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1