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Freshman Love

Freshman Love
Directed by William McGann
Produced by Bryan Foy
Written by George Ade (play:The College Widow NY 1904)
Earl Felton(screenplay)
George Bricker (screenplay)
Starring Patricia Ellis
Frank McHugh
Music by Leo F. Forbstein
Cinematography Sidney Hickox
Edited by James Gibbon
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release date
January 18, 1936; 7 reels
Running time
65 minutes
Country USA
Language English

Freshman Love is a 1936 sound film based on George Ade's oft filmed play The College Widow, adaptations of which were filmed twice previously, in 1915 and 1927. This version is directed by William McGann and is a comedy-musical starring Patricia Ellis.

This is Lloyd Bridges' first film.

A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.

Male students are tricked into joining Billings College's rowing team when the coach, Speed Hammond, is able to persuade the school president's attractive daughter, Joan Simpkins, to recruit them.

Bob Wilson is one of the rowers, but due to a problem with his grades, he ends up enrolling under a phony name. Adversaries try everything, even music, to distract the Billings crew during the big race, but the team holds on for victory.


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