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The College Widow (1927 film)

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Story by
  
George Ade

Cast
  
Dolores Costello

Country
  
United States

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Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Cinematography
  
Barney McGill

Duration
  

Language
  
Silent

The College Widow (1927 film) The College Widow 1927 film Wikipedia

Director
  
Archie Mayo, Henry Blanke

Release date
  
October 15, 1927 (1927-10-15)

Based on
  
The College Widow  by George Ade

Writer
  
George Ade (play), Jack Jarmuth (titles), Peter Milne, Paul Schofield

Similar movies
  
The Marriage Circle (1924), Horse Feathers (1932), A Midsummer Nights Dream (1935), The Nuns Story (1959), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

The College Widow (1927) is an American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The film is based on the 1904 Broadway play by George Ade and was previously adapted to film in 1915 with Ethel Clayton. The 1927 silent film version is a starring vehicle for Dolores Costello.

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The College Widow (1927 film) Thelma Todd HORSE FEATHERS And THE COLLEGE WIDOW

The story was also filmed in 1930 as an early talkie, Maybe It's Love, starring Joan Bennett and in 1936 as Freshman Love with Patricia Ellis.

Cast

  • Dolores Costello as Jane Witherspoon
  • William Collier, Jr. as Billy Bolton
  • Douglas Gerrard as Professor Jelicoe
  • Anders Randolf as Hiram Bolton
  • Charles Hills Mailes as Professor Witherspoon
  • Robert Ryan as Jack Larrbee
  • Summer Getchell as Jimmie Hopper
  • Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Don White
  • Grace Gordon as Flora
  • Preservation status

    This motion picture is now considered to be a lost film.

    References

    The College Widow (1927 film) Wikipedia
    The College Widow (1927 film) IMDb