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The College Hero
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5628 feet
Directed by Walter Lang

Cast: Robert Agnew [Bob Cantfield], Pauline Garon [Vivian Saunders], Ben Turpin [the janitor], Rex Lease [Jim Halloran], Churchill Ross [Sampson Saunders], Joan Standing [Nellie Kelly], Charles Paddock [the coach]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by [?] College Pictures Corporation or Columbia Pictures Corporation? / Produced by Harry Cohn. Scenario by Dorothy Howell, from a screen story by Dorothy Howell. Technical direction by Charles Paddock. Assistant director, Max Cohn. Cinematography by Joseph Walker. Film editor, Arthur Roberts. / © 4 November 1927 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP24627]. Released 9 October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Colleges: Students - Sports: Football - Universities

Listing updated: 7 April 2012.

References: Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.