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So This Is College
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Wood
Screenplay byAl Boasberg
Delmer Daves
Joseph Farnham
Produced bySam Wood
StarringElliott Nugent
Robert Montgomery
Cliff Edwards
Sally Starr
Phyllis Crane
CinematographyLeonard Smith
Edited byFrank Sullivan
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 8, 1929 (1929-11-08)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

So This Is College is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Sam Wood, written by Al Boasberg, Delmer Daves and Joseph Farnham, and starring Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery in his film debut, Cliff Edwards, Sally Starr and Phyllis Crane. It was released on November 8, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1][2]

Plot

Biff and Eddie, two college classmates at the University of Southern California, are life-long friends, fraternity brothers, and members of the football team. Although they make a vow at the beginning of their senior year that they will no longer allow their pursuit of girls to get into the way of they friendship, they soon break their vow when both fall for pretty Babs Baxter, a popular co-ed. Vying for her affections, Biff and Eddie play pranks on each other that soon causes a serious breach in their relationship. When Biff finally realizes that Eddie wants to marry Babs, he decides to step aside for the sake of their friendship, but at the season's big football game, both realize that Babs has merely been toying with them she introduces them to her fiancé Bruce. After winning the game, Biff and Eddie decide never again to let girls come between them—until they see another pretty girl in the park.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "So This Is College (1929) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "So This Is College". AFI. Retrieved December 5, 2016.