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College (1927)

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The silent comedy feature College stars Buster Keaton as a scholarly young man who doesn't know beans about sports. When he arrives in college, Buster finds that all the Big Men on Campus are jocks. To impress pretty coed Anne Cornwall, Buster tries and fails to join all the school teams. Even when he attempts to take a job at the campus soda fountain, Buster is a washout. Through the kindness of dean Snitz Edwards, Keaton is placed on the varsity rowing team where, despite several clumsy

Unrated, 1 hr. 5 min.

Romance, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: James W. Horne , Anne Cornwall

Written By: Bryan Foy

In Theaters: Sep 10, 1927 Wide

On DVD: Nov 20, 2001

United Artists

Cast

Buster Keaton
Ronald
Anne Cornwall
Mary Haines
Flora Bramley
Mary's Friend
Harold Goodwin
Jeff Brown a Rival
Grant Withers
Jeff's Friend
Buddy Mason
Jeff's Friend
Snitz Edwards
The Dean
Carl Harbaugh
Crew Coach
Sam Crawford
Baseball Coach
Florence Turner
Ronald's Mother
Lee Barnes
Keaton's Double for Pol...
Robert Boling
Charles Borah
Leighton Dye
Kenneth Grumbles
Bud Houser
Morton Kaer
Himself
Erick Mack
Himself
USC Baseball Team
Themselves
"Shorty" Worden
Paul Goldsmith

Critic Reviews for College

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

Keaton himself strives to be funny, but his actions are so frightfully absurd that it strikes one that the character he plays never ought to be out of an asylum.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Mordaunt Hall

New York Times

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Buster on the playing field, failing gloriously at every sport but executing each one beautifully when he dashes to his girl's rescue, is a study in precision and grace.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

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Cartesian slapstick

November 16, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

A fine and funny film.

August 4, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Minor Keaton slapstick comedy.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Minor Keaton but major almost any other comedian.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Tom Milne

Time Out

Madcap fun as the supremely athletic Keaton plays a bookworm who, for love of a jock-loving girl, tries but fails heroically at every possible sport in every possible way.

February 19, 2005 Comment

Martin Scribbs

Low IQ Canadian Source: Low IQ Canadian

it's not the General but it's a treasure

April 6, 2003 Comment

Karina Montgomery

Cinerina

A classic comedy with Keaton in top acrobatic form.

January 8, 2003 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Great Keaton vehicle.

November 12, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The finale ties earlier elements together in a clever way, but the episodic film doesn't match the best of Keaton's films that establish a more cohesive storyline

March 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

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John A. Nesbit

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An intellectual, who eschews athletics but reasonlessly loves a girl who doesn't, tries out for various sports teams in his first year at college.I thought the anti-intellectualism inherent in this story was off-putting. The man committed to the intellectual life was demeaned - the object of his affections rejects him

November 27, 2011

Jim Hunter

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Another great screwball comedy featuring the very talented, and very flexible, Buster Keaton. A major talent in the ways of physical comedy, and having a great "stone face" that never laughs nor smiles, Keaton is a heavyweight title character in this farce about the myth that the strongest will survive. There are some

March 25, 2011