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In 1930, '''''College Lovers''''' was released by Warner Bros. under the subsidiary of First National Pictures, and was directed by John G. Adolfi. The film was based upon the story of the same name by Earl Baldwin, a man who wrote over fifty screenplays throughout his lifetime, and was about Tiny Courtley, a star football player who leaves his college, Sanford College, after he discovers that his girlfriend eloped with another man, but the student manager of the college's athletic association, Frank Taylor, knows that they need Williams to help them win an important football game against a rivaling college. Thus he makes a plan with his girlfriend to help get Williams back into the college to win the game.
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The film was initially planned to be a complete full-scale musical comedy. However, due to audiences growing tired of musicals, a majority of the numbers were cut from the movie. Though when the advertisements and trailers were released, they claimed that there was music in the film, and that Jack Whiting, who played Frank Taylor, was a singing comedy star, despite the fact that there was no singing in the film at all. The cuts that happened accounted for the film's very short running time of 61 minutes. The cast of the film consisted of Jack Whiting, Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh, Guinn Williams, Russell Hopton, Wade Boteler, Phyllis Crane, Richard Tucker, Charles Judels, and Pauline Wagner.
'''''College Lovers''''' is a 1930 Pre-Code film about a romance on a college campus.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Lovers Wikipedia article] Retrieved 15 Mar '16. </ref> The film was released by Warner Bros. under the subsidiary of First National Pictures, and was directed by John G. Adolfi. The film was based on the story of the same name by Earl Baldwin, a man who wrote over fifty screenplays throughout his lifetime.  


No traces of this film are known to survive, but it's possible that the soundtrack, which was recorded on Vitaphone, could survive within private hands. Interestingly though, it turns out that there was an alternate version of the film released outside the United States that contained the cut musical numbers, as there was no protesting or backlashes against musical films happening internationally. It is unknown if this version of the film exists.
Tiny Courtley, a star football player, leaves Sanford College after discovering that his girlfriend eloped with another man. Frank Taylor, the student manager of the college's athletic association, knows that they need Williams to help them win an important football game against a rivaling college. He makes a plan with his girlfriend to help get Williams back into the college to win the game.
 
The film was initially planned to be a full-scale musical comedy. However, due to audiences growing tired of musicals, a majority of the numbers were cut from the movie. Advertisements and trailers claimed that there was music in the film and that Jack Whiting, who played Frank Taylor, was a singing comedy star; however, there was no singing in the film at all. The cuts that happened accounted for the film's very short running time of 61 minutes.
 
No traces of this film are known to survive, but it's possible that the soundtrack, which was recorded on Vitaphone, could survive in private hands. There was an alternate version of the film released outside the United States that contained the cut musical numbers, as there was still international interest in musicals. However, it is unknown if this version of the film exists.
 
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Revision as of 22:07, 15 March 2016

College Lovers Poster.jpg

Film poster.

Status: Lost


College Lovers is a 1930 Pre-Code film about a romance on a college campus.[1] The film was released by Warner Bros. under the subsidiary of First National Pictures, and was directed by John G. Adolfi. The film was based on the story of the same name by Earl Baldwin, a man who wrote over fifty screenplays throughout his lifetime.

Tiny Courtley, a star football player, leaves Sanford College after discovering that his girlfriend eloped with another man. Frank Taylor, the student manager of the college's athletic association, knows that they need Williams to help them win an important football game against a rivaling college. He makes a plan with his girlfriend to help get Williams back into the college to win the game.

The film was initially planned to be a full-scale musical comedy. However, due to audiences growing tired of musicals, a majority of the numbers were cut from the movie. Advertisements and trailers claimed that there was music in the film and that Jack Whiting, who played Frank Taylor, was a singing comedy star; however, there was no singing in the film at all. The cuts that happened accounted for the film's very short running time of 61 minutes.

No traces of this film are known to survive, but it's possible that the soundtrack, which was recorded on Vitaphone, could survive in private hands. There was an alternate version of the film released outside the United States that contained the cut musical numbers, as there was still international interest in musicals. However, it is unknown if this version of the film exists.

References

  1. Wikipedia article Retrieved 15 Mar '16.