''Freshman Love'' is a 1936 sound film based on

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's oft filmed 1904 play '' The College Widow'', adaptations of which were filmed twice previously, in 1915 and 1927, and parodied by the

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in their 1932 film '' Horse Feathers''. This version is directed by William McGann and is a comedy-musical starring

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. This is Lloyd Bridges' first film. A print is preserved at the

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.''Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', c.1978 pub. by The American Film Institute

Plot

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.

Cast

- Joan Simpkins * Warren Hull - Bob Wilson * Frank McHugh - Coach Speed Hammond * Mary Treen - Squirmy *Joseph Cawthorne (as Joseph Cawthorn) - Bob Wilson, Sr. Z * Alma Lloyd - Sandra * George E. Stone - E. Predergast Biddle *

Henry O'Neill Henry O'Neill (August 10, 1891 – May 18, 1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly dignified roles during the 1930s and 1940s. Early years He was born in Orange, New Jersey. Caree ...

- President Simpkins *Anita Kerry - Princess Oggi * Johnny Arthur - Fields *Walter Johnson - Tony Foster *Joseph Sawyer - Coach Kendall *Florence Fair - Mrs. Norton * Spec O'Donnell - Eddie *Joseph King - Terry Biddle *William Moore - Editor *Ben Hall - Goofy freshman *Nestor Aber - Third goof *Bill Carew - Student at soda fountain ''uncredited'' * Lloyd Bridges *William Carey *Virginia Dabney - Co-Ed *Don Downen - Second Goof *Jerry Fletcher - Leader of Tango Band *Tommy Hicks - College Boy * Robert Emmett Keane - Announcer *Joe King - Terry Biddle * Edmund Mortimer - Henderson *George Noisom - Harmonica Player *Broderick O'Farrell - Member of Board of Trustees *Peter Potter - Vindicator Editor *Dick Purcell - Radio Announcer *Harry Seymour - Oggi's Barker *Michael Stuart - Third Goof *

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- Mose *Ruth Warren - Marie, Housemother *Jack Wise - Oggi's Attendant *Sam Wolfe - Harmonica Player * Jane Wyman - Co-Ed

References

External links

''Freshman Love'' at IMDb.comallmovie/synopsis
1936 films Warner Bros. films American football films American films based on plays 1936 musical comedy films American black-and-white films American musical comedy films Films set in universities and colleges Rowing films 1930s English-language films Films directed by William C. McGann 1930s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub