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Brown of Harvard

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Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1926
Director:
Jack Conway
Starring:
Jack Pickford, Mary Brian, Mary Alden  ...more
Synopsis: While the mid-1920s were deluged with films about college life, and Brown of Harvard is probably the ultimate silent film in this genre, even more significantly it is an early example of the buddy film. Never mind the romance between Harvard undergrad Tom Brown (William Haines) and professor's daughter, Mary Abbott (Mary Brian) -- the real love story, and the one that truly moves the film's plot, is the one between the handsome, athletic Brown and his weakling sidekick Jim Doolittle (Jack Pickford) ... Full Synopsis
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Janiss Garza, AMG Review
Brown of Harvard was pivotal in the career of William Haines. Although Pickford was nominally the star, Haines had the bigger, flashier role, and it set the stage for most of his starring vehicles throughout the rest of the 1920s. The actor became famous for playing over-confident, self-centered characters who, by the film's end, would get their comeuppance and would then win the audience's sympathy ... Full Review
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Jack Pickford
Jim Doolittle
Mary Brian
Mary Abbott
Mary Alden
Mrs. Brown
David Torrence
Mr. Brown
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