''The Floating College'' is a 1928 American silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

George Crone George Crone (1894–1966), also known as George J. Crone, was an American director and editor, whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his career cutting the silent film ''Let's Be Fashionable'' in 1920. Between that f ...

and starring

Sally O'Neil Sally O'Neil (born Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan; October 23, 1908 – June 18, 1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s. She appeared in more than 40 films, often with her name above the title. Early years O'Neil was one of eleven chi ...

, William Collier Jr., and

Georgia Hale Georgia Theodora Hale (June 25, 1900 — June 17, 1985) was an actress of the silent movie era. Hale rose to film stardom in 1925 under the auspices of directors Josef von Sternberg in ''The Salvation Hunters'' and Charlie Chaplin in ''The G ...

Plot

Two sisters fall in love with a swimming instructor.

Cast

as Pat Bixby * William Collier Jr. as George Dewey *

as Frances Bixby * Harvey Clark as The Dean * George Harris as Snug * E.J. Ratcliffe as Nathan Bixby *

Virginia Sale Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned six decades, during most of which she played older women, even when she was in her twenties. Over the 46 years she was active as an actr ...

as Miss Cobbs

Censorship

When ''The Floating College'' was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. Consistent with

prohibition Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic b ...

, the Kansas censor board ordered the elimination of a scene showing a travelling bag with liquor running out.

References

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* 1928 films 1928 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Tiffany Pictures films Films directed by George Crone Seafaring films 1920s American films Silent American adventure films {{Silent-comedy-film-stub