The College Widow
5.5
“Forty Fighters Fall For College Flirt”
Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President Witherspoon is told that unless better athletes can be induced to come to Atwater, he will be asked to resign. Acting upon the suggestion of Professor Jelicoe, Jane, the professor's beautiful daughter, uses her personal charm to draw noted football stars from neighboring schools by a series of ruses at a vacationing spot. Billy Bolton, son of a financial magnate, falls for Jane and to prove himself registers under another name and works his way through school, attaining scholastic and athletic honors. Through the jealousy of another girl, Billy learns of Jane's trickery and persuades the athletes not to play;
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Cast
15 people
Dolores Costello
Jane Witherspoon
Known for
The Magnificent Ambersons
Little Lord Fauntleroy
William Collier Jr.
Billy Bolton
Known for
Little Caesar
Cimarron
Archie Mayo
George Ade
Douglas Gerrard
Professor Jelicoe
Known for
Suspense.
Jack Jarmuth
Anders Randolf
Hiram Bolton
Known for
The Black Pirate
Peter Milne
Charles Hill Mailes
Professor Witherspoon
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Paul Schofield
Robert Ryan
Jack Larrbee
Also in
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
The Toilers
Sumner Getchell
Jimmie Hopper
Known for
Island in the Sky
Archie Mayo Director · Paul Schofield Writer Peter Milne Writer
Worldwide gross $343K · Budget $104K · United States release October 15, 1927
Box office
Budget
$104,000
Worldwide gross
$343,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Warner Bros.
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · October 15, 1927
Theatrical
Portugal
February 20, 1929
United Kingdom
November 2, 1927 · London
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