| ~Brown of Harvard~ 1926 |
| ~Original photograph caption read: Mary Brian wears this frock in "Brown of Harvard," for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, in which she plays the leading role.~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Tom Brown (William Haines), a breezy, handsome youth with a Don Juan reputation, quickly
becomes popular at Harvard but soon is temperamentally opposed to Bob McAndrews (Ralph
Bushman), a studious, reserved boy who becomes his chief rival for the affections of Mary Abbott
(Mary Brian), a professor's daughter. Tom rooms with Doolittle "Doo" (Jack Pickford), an awkward
but goodhearted backwoods youth who comes to idolize Tom. At a party, Tom forcibly kisses Mary,
and a tussle with McAndrews follows. Later, Tom challenges Mac as stroker on the college rowing
team but loses; and when he forces a confession of love from Mary, he takes to drink in shame.
When he replaces Mac in a match against Yale, Tom collapses and is disgraced but is persuaded by
his father to go out for football. To save his friend's reputation, Doo, who is ill, exposes himself to
rain and is hospitalized. Tom plays in a game against Yale and at a crucial moment gives Mac a
chance to score for the team; he goes to tell Doo of the victory, but Doo dies shortly afterward. Tom
is acclaimed a hero and is happily united with Mary.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
becomes popular at Harvard but soon is temperamentally opposed to Bob McAndrews (Ralph
Bushman), a studious, reserved boy who becomes his chief rival for the affections of Mary Abbott
(Mary Brian), a professor's daughter. Tom rooms with Doolittle "Doo" (Jack Pickford), an awkward
but goodhearted backwoods youth who comes to idolize Tom. At a party, Tom forcibly kisses Mary,
and a tussle with McAndrews follows. Later, Tom challenges Mac as stroker on the college rowing
team but loses; and when he forces a confession of love from Mary, he takes to drink in shame.
When he replaces Mac in a match against Yale, Tom collapses and is disgraced but is persuaded by
his father to go out for football. To save his friend's reputation, Doo, who is ill, exposes himself to
rain and is hospitalized. Tom plays in a game against Yale and at a crucial moment gives Mac a
chance to score for the team; he goes to tell Doo of the victory, but Doo dies shortly afterward. Tom
is acclaimed a hero and is happily united with Mary.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
| Directed by: Jack Conway Written by: Joseph Farnham - titles Donald Ogden Stewart - adaptation A.P. Younger - scenario Based on the play Brown of Harvard by Rida Johnson Young (New York, 26 Feb 1906) and the novel of the same name by Johnson and Gilbert P. Coleman (New York, 1907). |
| ~Cast~ William Haines ... Tom Brown Jack Pickford ... Jim Doolittle Mary Brian ... Mary Abbott Francis X. Bushman, Jr. ... Bob McAndrew Mary Alden ... Mrs. Brown David Torrence ... Mr. Brown Edward Connelly ... Professor Abbott Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Hal Walters Donald Reed ... Reggie Smythe Robert Livingston ... Harvard Student / Yale Cheering Section / Harvard Spectator (uncredited) Grady Sutton ... One of the Dickeys (uncredited) John Wayne ... Yale Football Player (uncredited) |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced & Released by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Produced by: Harry Rapf & Irving Thalberg Cinematography by: Ira H. Morgan Film Editing by: Frank Davis Costume Design by: Kathleen Kay & Maude Marsh Sets by: Cedric Gibbons & A. Arnold Gillespie Wardrobe: Kathleen Kay & Maude Marsh Length: 8 Reels Runtime: 85 Minutes Released: May 2, 1926 |
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