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The Sophomore

January 01, 1970

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.

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 (1929-08-24)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (All-Talking)
English Intertitles

Plot edit

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 edit

Music edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.

Bibliography edit

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links edit

  • The Sophomore at IMDb  


 

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January 01, 1970
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