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1936 film by William C. McGann

Freshman Love

Directed by	William C. McGann
Screenplay by	Earl Felton George Bricker
Based on	The College Widow (1904 play) by George Ade
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Patricia Ellis Frank McHugh
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	James Gibbon
Music by	Leo F. Forbstein
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	January 18, 1936 (1936-01-18)
Running time	65 minutes; 7 reels
Country	United States
Language	English

Freshman Love is a 1936 American musical comedy film based on George Ade's oft filmed 1904 play The College Widow, adaptations of which were filmed twice previously, in 1915 and 1927, and parodied by the Marx Brothers in their 1932 film Horse Feathers. This version is directed by William C. McGann and is a comedy-musical starring Patricia Ellis.

This is Lloyd Bridges' first film.

A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.

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

Patricia Ellis as Joan Simpkins
Warren Hull as Bob Wilson
Frank McHugh as Coach Speed Hammond
Mary Treen as Squirmy
Joseph Cawthorne (as Joseph Cawthorn) as Bob Wilson, Sr. Z
Alma Lloyd as Sandra
George E. Stone as E. Predergast Biddle
Henry O'Neill as President Simpkins
Anita Kerry as Princess Oggi
Johnny Arthur as Fields
Walter Johnson as Tony Foster
Joseph Sawyer as Coach Kendall
Florence Fair as Mrs. Norton
Spec O'Donnell as Eddie
Joseph King as Terry Biddle
William Moore as Editor
Ben Hall as Goofy freshman
Nestor Aber as Third goof
Bill Carew as 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
Fred "Snowflake" Toones - Mose
Ruth Warren - Marie, Housemother
Jack Wise - Oggi's Attendant
Sam Wolfe - Harmonica Player
Jane Wyman - Co-Ed

References

The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Freshman Love
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

External links

v t e George Ade's The College Widow
Plays	The College Widow (1904 play) Leave It to Jane (1917 musical)
Films	The College Widow (1915) The College Widow (1927) Maybe It's Love (1930) Freshman Love (1936)

v t e Films directed by William C. McGann
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Films directed by William C. McGann

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