The Sophomore
Directed byLeo McCarey
Written byCorey Ford
T.H. Wenning
Joseph F. Poland
Walter DeLeon
Earl Baldwin
Produced byJoseph P. Kennedy
StarringEddie Quillan
Sally O'Neil
Jeanette Loff
CinematographyJohn J. Mescall
Edited byDoane Harrison
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
August 24, 1929
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (All-Talking)
English Intertitles

The Sophomore is a 1929 American sound all-talking pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Eddie Quillan, Sally O'Neil and Jeanette Loff.[1] Made during the early sound era, it was shot using the RCA Photophone sound system. The film survives in an mute print of the alternate sound version known as an International Sound Version which was meant to be played along with Vitaphone discs.[2] It is not known whether the Vitaphone type soundtrack discs to the International Sound Version are extant.

Plot

Sophomore Joe Collins returns to college for his second year, but loses the money for his tuition in a craps game. To raise the money he takes a job working as a soda jerk. When he loses that job, he is supported financially by his co-worker Margie Callahan without his knowledge. Eventually, after a major college football game, he discovers the truth.

Cast

Music

The film features a theme song entitled "Little By Little" which was composed by Robert Emmett Dolan (as Bobby Dolan) and Walter O'Keefe. In the film it is sung by Eddie Quillan and Sally O'Neil.

See also

References

  1. ^ Munden p.747
  2. ^ The titles to this version declare "Recorded by RCA Photophone System" and gives credit to the sound engineers who worked on the film.

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Films directed by Leo McCarey
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