The Fair Co Ed
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Director Sam Wood Story by George Ade Duration | 8.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Producers Sam Wood, Irving Thalberg Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent film
English intertitles Release date October 15, 1927 (1927-10-15) Based on The Fair Co-Ed
by George Ade Writer George Ade (play), Joseph Farnham (titles), Byron Morgan Screenplay Joseph W. Farnham, Byron Morgan Cast Marion Davies (Marion), Johnny Mack Brown (Bob), Jane Winton (Betty), Thelma Hill (Rose), Lillian Leighton (Housekeeper), Gene Stone (Herbert)Similar movies Good Will Hunting , Boys and Girls , How High , Ad Fundum , Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth , Dean Slater: Resident Advisor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fair Co-Ed (1927), also known as The Varsity Girl, is a silent film comedy starring Marion Davies and released through MGM. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst, through Cosmopolitan Productions and directed by Sam Wood.
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The film is based on a 1909 play/musical comedy The Fair Co-Ed by George Ade which starred a young Elsie Janis, and opened on Broadway on February 1, 1909.
The film survives today, supposedly in the MGM/UA archives, now controlled by Warner Brothers.
Plot
Marion Bright enrolls in college to pursue a handsome young man, Bob, only to discover that he is coach of the women's basketball team there. Marion joins the team and becomes its star player, but becomes unpopular when she refuses to play a game after a disagreement with Bob. Happily for all, she has a change of heart and returns in time to help the team win the big game.
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References
The Fair Co-Ed WikipediaThe Fair Co-Ed IMDb The Fair Co Ed themoviedb.org