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Hold 'Em Yale

  • 19281928
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
31
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POPULARITY
228,606
126,891
Rod La Rocque and Jeanette Loff in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
Comedy
A young man from Argentina goes to Yale where he plays football and falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter.A young man from Argentina goes to Yale where he plays football and falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter.A young man from Argentina goes to Yale where he plays football and falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
31
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
228,606
126,891
  • Director
    • Edward H. Griffith
  • Writers
    • Owen Davis(play "Life at Yale")
    • George Dromgold(adaptation)
    • Sanford Hewitt
  • Stars
    • Rod La Rocque
    • Jeanette Loff
    • Hugh Allan
Top credits
  • Director
    • Edward H. Griffith
  • Writers
    • Owen Davis(play "Life at Yale")
    • George Dromgold(adaptation)
    • Sanford Hewitt
  • Stars
    • Rod La Rocque
    • Jeanette Loff
    • Hugh Allan
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    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Rod La Rocque in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Oscar Smith in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Jeanette Loff in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Joseph Cawthorn and Jeanette Loff in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Rod La Rocque in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Tom Kennedy in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Joseph Cawthorn in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Jeanette Loff in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Jerry Mandy in Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
    Hold 'Em Yale (1928)

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    Rod La Rocque
    Rod La Rocque
    • Jaime Emmanuel Alvarado Montez
    Jeanette Loff
    Jeanette Loff
    • Helen Bradbury
    Hugh Allan
    Hugh Allan
    • Jack Bradbury
    Joseph Cawthorn
    Joseph Cawthorn
    • Professor George Bradbury
    Tom Kennedy
    Tom Kennedy
    • Detective
    Jerry Mandy
    • Jaime's Valet
    Lawrence Grant
    Lawrence Grant
    • Don Alvarado Montez
    Oscar Smith
    • Black Butler
    Bob Perry
    Bob Perry
    • Fight Referee
    • (uncredited)
    Scott Seaton
    Scott Seaton
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Daniel G. Tomlinson
    • Man at Door
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward H. Griffith
    • Writers
      • Owen Davis(play "Life at Yale")
      • George Dromgold(adaptation) (screenplay)
      • Sanford Hewitt
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The world premiere of this film was at the Liberty Theatre, Watertown, NY on 12 May 1928. (Watertown Daily Times, 12 May 1928)
    • Quotes

      Jaime: I've changed my mind about going to Yale. I know too much already.

    • Connections
      Spoofed in Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

    User reviews3

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    6/10
    Will Harvard Fight Fiercely?
    Rod La Rocque is a wealthy Argentinian who gets into Yale. On arrival, he immediately falls in love with Jeanette Loff, and finds himself pursued by dumb cop Tom Kennedy. After a number of gag sequences involving hazing, he finds that Miss Loff won't look at him until he wins his letter, so he tries boxing, and finally football. This winds up with him kept out of the big game against Harvard because he's in hospital with a broken shoulder.

    In other words, it's a standard college movie of the era, with a couple of extra points because La Rocque and his valet, Jerry Mandy, have their title cards in mildly fractured English. Some of the sequences are quite amusing, and Kennedy, playing the same sort of dumb cop he would for the next couple of decades, is quite good.
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    • May 18, 2021

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1928 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Yale
    • Production company
      • DeMille Pictures Corporation
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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