The College Widow
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Directed by	Archie Mayo
Written by	Peter Milne (adaptation) Jack Jarmuth (titles)
Screenplay by	Paul Schofield
Based on	The College Widow by George Ade
Starring	Dolores Costello
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 15, 1927 (1927-10-15)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent (English intertitles) Vitaphone soundtrack
Budget	$104,000[1]
Box office	$343,000[1]

The College Widow is a 1927 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The film is based on the 1904 Broadway play of the same name by George Ade and was previously adapted to film in 1915 with Ethel Clayton. The 1927 silent film version is a starring vehicle for Dolores Costello.^[2][3][4]

The story was also filmed in 1930 as an early talkie, Maybe It's Love, starring Joan Bennett and in 1936 as Freshman Love with Patricia Ellis.

Cast

• Dolores Costello as Jane Witherspoon
• William Collier, Jr. as Billy Bolton
• Douglas Gerrard as Professor Jelicoe
• Anders Randolf as Hiram Bolton
• Charles Hills Mailes as Professor Witherspoon
• Robert Ryan as Jack Larrbee
• Sumner Getchell as Jimmie Hopper
• Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Don White
• Grace Gordon as Flora

Box Office

According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $268,000 domestically and $75,000 foreign.^[1]

Preservation status

This motion picture is now considered to be a lost film.^[5][6]

See also

• List of American football films
• List of lost films
• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The College Widow (1927 film).

• The College Widow at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
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