A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2012 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Anne Cornwall (left) and Buster Keaton (center).     Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Buster Keaton [Ronald], Anne Cornwall [Mary Haines], Harold Goodwin [Jeff Brown], Snitz Edwards [Dean Edwards], Florence Turner [Ronald’s mother], Flora Bramley [Mary’s friend], Sam Crawford [baseball coach], Carl Harbaugh [crew coach], Buddy Mason [Jeff’s friend], Grant Withers [Jeff’s friend], Paul Goldsmith, Morton Kaer, Bud Houser, Kenneth Grumbles, Charles Borah, Leighton Dye, Lee Barnes, Shorty Worden, Robert Boling, Erick Mack, Charlie Hall, the University of Southern California baseball team

Buster Keaton Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Scenario by Carl Harbaugh and Bryan Foy, from a screen story by Carl Harbaugh and Bryan Foy. Production supervised by Harry Brand. Technical direction by Fred Gabourie. Cinematography by J. Devereaux Jennings and Bert Haines. Edited by J. Sherman Kell. / © 10 September 1927 [LP24409]. Released 9 September 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Horne was credited as director, but most of the film was actually directed by Keaton.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: African-Americans - Athletes: Baseball, Track - Blackface - Buildings (Ivy-covered) - Canes - Chases - Children - Colleges: Athletics (Baseball, Coaches, Discus throwing, Finish lines, High-jumping, Javelin, Shot put, Track and field teams), Campuses, Deans, Stadiums, Students - Hats: Berets, Top hats - Kitchens - Knives - Races: Foot - Rejection - Restaurants: Waiters - Sports: Baseball: Bats, Catchers, Umpires - Umbrellas - Uniforms

Listing updated: 24 June 2009.

References: Film viewing : Baer-Film p. 49; Balio-UA p. ?; Bardèche-History p. 292; Brownlow-Parade pp. 482, 488, 491; Dardis-Keaton pp. 79, 114, 145, 147, 148, 149, 152, 176, 245, 272, 292-293; Edelman-Baseball pp. 23, 140-141, 142, 205; Everson-American p. 270; Kerr-Silent pp. 213, 235, 241-242, 243, 265; Limbacher-Feature p. 47; Maltin-Guide p. 235; Schelly-Langdon p. 134; Shipman-Cinema p. 96; Sinyard-Silent p. 116; Skretvedt-LaurelHardy pp. 437, 442; Sweeney-Coming p. 109 : ClasIm-204 p. 3.

Home video: DVD.