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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1421

So This Is College

192998 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 97:16
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Sam Wood · Public domain

Synopsis

Two college friends promise that romance will no longer come between them. Their resolve collapses when both fall for the same student, and their rivalry threatens the friendship as a major football game approaches.

Cast

Elliott Nugent

Robert Montgomery

Cliff Edwards

Sally Starr

Phyllis Crane

DirectorsSam Wood

Historical context

The film combines campus life, romance and football within MGM's early sound production. Elliott Nugent and Robert Montgomery play the friends whose private competition disrupts their shared commitments.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Elliott Nugent — MGM; eBay card · Public domain
Robert Montgomery — NBC Television; eBay front back · Public domain
Cliff Edwards — William P. Gottlieb · Public domain

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