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The College Widow (1927 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The College Widow' is a 1927 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The film is based on the 1904 Broadway play of the same name by George Ade and was previously adapted to film in 1915 with Ethel Clayton. The 1927 silent film version is a starring vehicle for Dolores Costello.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170614183640/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3391 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The College Widow'][http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5919 'The College Widow' as produced on Broadway, Garden Theatre, September 20, 1904 - May 1905; IBDB.com][http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnewarner.html 'The College Widow' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'Warner Brothers Pictures']
The story was also filmed in 1930 as an early talkie, 'Maybe It's Love', starring Joan Bennett and in 1936 as 'Freshman Love' with Patricia Ellis.
Cast
*Dolores Costello as Jane Witherspoon
*William Collier, Jr. as Billy Bolton
*Douglas Gerrard as Professor Jelicoe
*Anders Randolf as Hiram Bolton
*Charles Hills Mailes as Professor Witherspoon
*Robert Ryan as Jack Larrbee
*Sumner Getchell as Jimmie Hopper
*Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Don White
*Grace Gordon as Flora
Box Office
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $268,000 domestically and $75,000 foreign.
Preservation status
This motion picture is now considered to be a lost film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CollegeWidow1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The College Widow'] at silentera.com[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4365/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The College Widow']
See also
*List of lost films
*List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
References
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