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The Quarterback (1926 film)

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Wikipedia article




'The Quarterback' is a 1926 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and written by William Slavens McNutt, W. O. McGeehan and Ray Harris. The film stars Richard Dix, Esther Ralston, Harry Beresford, David Butler, Robert W. Craig and Mona Palma. The film was released on October 11, 1926, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot



Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twenty-seven years later, Elmer is still in school and is a classmate of his son, Jack. Other than driving a milk wagon in his spare time, Jack is also the quarterback of the football team. A matter of his eligibility comes up but he is cleared and goes out to do-or-die for Colton against State University. Maybe they will win The Big Game, and Jack's father can get a life...and a job.

Cast



*Richard Dix as Jack Stone

*Esther Ralston as Louise Mason

*Harry Beresford as Elmer Stone

*David Butler as 'Lumpy' Goggins

*Robert W. Craig as Denny Walters

*Mona Palma as Nellie Webster

Preservation status



*The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', (<-book title) p.147 c.1978 by the American Film Institute[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2138/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'..The Quarterback']

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