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Maybe It's Love (1930 Film)
''Maybe It's Love'', also known as ''Eleven Men and a Girl'', is an all-talking 1930 pre-Code musical comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by William A. Wellman. The movie stars Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown and James Hall. The film is based on George Ade's 1904 play '' The College Widow'' and is a remake of Warner's own 1927 silent version of the story, which starred Dolores Costello. The play had also been filmed in 1915, starring Ethel Clayton. Plot Upton College President Sheffield (George Irving) is in serious danger of losing his job. For the last twelve years Upton has lost the annual football match against rival Parsons College. The trustees of Upton insist that Sheffield must resign if Upton fails to win the upcoming football match. Sheffield's daughter Nan (Joan Bennett) overhears the threat of the trustees and tells her friend Yates (Joe E. Brown), a star football player. Together they come up with a scheme to get some of the best foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The College Widow (1915 Film)
''The College Widow'' is a 1915 silent film starring Ethel Clayton. It's the first filming of George Ade's 1904 campus comedy play of the same name performed on Broadway that year. The film was made by the Lubin Company in Pennsylvania and is now lost.Condon, Mabel (22 May 1915)Lubin's "The College Widow" (review) ''Motography'', pp. 829–30(17 April 1915)"The College Widow" (review) ''Motion Picture News'', p. 67 Later films of this story are '' The College Widow'' (1927), '' Maybe It's Love'' (1930) and ''Freshman Love'' (1936). Cast *Ethel Clayton Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early years Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago. Career Clayton debuted on stage as a professional ... – Jane Witherspoon * George Soule Spencer – Billy Bolton * Charles Brandt – Dr. Witherspoon *Edith Ritchie – Mrs. Dalzelle *Ferdinand Tidmarsh – Jack Larrabee *Howard Missi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sleight
Elmer Noble "Red" Sleight (1907 - August 9, 1978) was an All-American football player. Sleight was born in 1907 in Morris, Illinois, and attended Morris High School. He played at the tackle position for the Purdue University Boilermakers from 1927 to 1929. He was a consensus first-team player on the 1929 All-America college football team, receiving first-team honors from the Associated Press, ''Collier's Weekly'', International News Service an All-America Board. He also received the Western Conference medal for proficiency in scholarship and athletics and was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film " Maybe It's Love". He played professionally for the Green Bay Packers in 1930 and 1931. He appeared in 26 NFL games for the Packers, 19 of them as a starter. After his playing career ended, Sleight held assistant coaching positions at Missouri and then Lehigh. He later went into marketing in Chicago. He moved to Naples, Florida Naples is a city in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Scull
Paul Thomas "Butterball" Scull, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – December 11, 1997) was an American football player. Considered a triple-threat man while playing for Penn from 1926 to 1928, he was a consensus first-team All-American halfback in 1928. Early years Born in New Jersey, Scull moved with his family to Lower Merion, Pennsylvania as a boy. He played high school football at Lower Merion High School from 1922 to 1924, helping lead the team to a 26-0-1 record during his three years as a player. Penn Scull played at the halfback and punter positions for the University of Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1928. In November 1927, he was elected to serve as the captain of Penn's 1928 football team. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1928. He holds Penn's all-time record with 312 all-purpose yards in a game. Scull was a member of the Kappa Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity. In 1929, Scull was selected as the inaugural recipient of Theta Chi Fraternity's Reginald E.F. Colley A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wear Schoonover
Wear Kibler Schoonover (March 18, 1910 – May 12, 1982) was an American college football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967. Playing career He was the first Arkansas Razorback, as well as the first Southwestern football player, to be on the All-American team. Schoonover is one of five members of the inaugural class of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame is the hall of fame and museum for sports in Arkansas, United States. The hall of fame inducted its first class in 1959. The hall's museum is located on the west end of the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. .... He was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film " Maybe It's Love". References External links * * 1910 births 1982 deaths People from Pocahontas, Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks football players College Football Hall of Fame inductees Arkansas Razorbacks baseball players Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Saunders
Stebbell Russell "Russ" Saunders (January 1, 1906 - April 29, 1987) was an American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1931 NFL season. He was an All-American at USC and was one of the models for the Tommy Trojan statue. He was MVP in the 1930 Rose Bowl when he led the Trojans to a 47–14 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers. After playing football, Saunders went on to a career in Hollywood. He was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film '' Maybe It's Love''. In 1938 he was nominated for an Oscar for best Assistant Director for ''The Life of Emile Zola''. He was assistant or Second Unit director on more than 85 films including ''PT 109'', ''Hatari!'', '' Arsenic and Old Lace'', '' High Sierra'' and production manager for ''Stripes'', ''The Amityville Horror'' and ''Bonnie and Clyde'' among others. His first screen appearance was in the 1927 movie ''The Drop Kick'' in which the 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Pommerening
Otto Paul Pommerening (January 26, 1904 – February 1, 1992) was an American football player. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, he played college football as a Tackle (American football), tackle for the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines football, Wolverines from 1927 to 1928. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1928. He later worked as an engineer for the Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County Road Commission. Early years Pommerening was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1904. He was the son of August Pommerening (1861-1947) and Mathilde (Wruck) Pommerening. His father was an immigrant from Germany and a construction worker. University of Michigan Pommerening attended the University of Michigan. He played on the freshman football team in 1924 and the varsity football team from 1926 to 1928. During the 1928 season, Pommerening became the first player in the history of the Big Ten Conference to play every minute of every game for his team. One wire service report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Moynihan
Timothy Anthony Moynihan (September 23, 1907 – April 4, 1952) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Cardinals. Moynihan played as a center at the University of Notre Dame under head coach Knute Rockne and was a member of the undefeated 1929 team. He served as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame, Texas, Denver, and Georgetown. He coached interscholastic football at St. Xavier College in Cincinnati. He coached baseball at the University of Denver. Moynihan was one of 11 All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film '' Maybe It's Love''. He died in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ... on April 4, 1952 from injuries sustained during an au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Montgomery (American Football)
Adelbert Raymond Montgomery (February 1, 1909 – May 26, 1966) was an American football guard at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a consensus All-American in 1929. Playing career Montgomery was a native of West Virginia. He played for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team under coach Jock Sutherland during the 1927, 1928 and 1929 seasons. In his senior year he helped the team go 9-0 that earned a trip to the Rose Bowl. That year, as a 6-foot, 1-inch, 188-pound guard, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, having received first-team honors from several publications and organizations including ''Collier's Weekly'' (Grantland Rice) and United Press (UP).''2014 NCAA Football Records Book'' Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 4 & 14 (2014). Retrieved August 20, 2014. Outside of football Montgomery appeared in the 1930 film " Maybe It's Love." The film, directed by William A. Wellman, was a genre football comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Harpster
Howard Harpster (May 14, 1907 – April 9, 1980) was an American college football player and coach. He played football as a quarterback at the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—from 1926 to 1928. He was consensus selection to the 1928 College Football All-America Team. Harpster served as the head football coach at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania from 1930 to 1932 and at his alma mater, Carnegie Tech, from 1933 to 1936, compiling a career coaching record of 34–25–5. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1956. Playing career Harpster played quarterback for the Carnegie Mellon University (then called "Carnegie Tech") from 1926 until 1928. The College Football Hall of Fame states that he was known as "one of the great Eastern quarterbacks of the late 1920s." In 1926, Carnegie Tech's football team beat Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game was ranked the fourth-greatest upset in coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gibson (American Football)
George Randall Gibson (October 2, 1905 – August 19, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a guard at the University of Minnesota from 1926 to 1928. He was captain of the 1928 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and was named to the 1928 College Football All-America Team. Gibson was a teammate and roommate of Bronko Nagurski. The two are jointly honored as the namesakes of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football training complex, the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex. While at the University of Minnesota, Gibson was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Gibson was a professional player and coach in the early National Football League (NFL). In 1930, Gibson joined the Minneapolis Red Jackets as a player-coach. Later that season, he moved to the Frankford Yellow Jackets. His career NFL coaching record was 3–10–1. Gibson was one of eleven All-American football players to appear in the 1930 film '' Maybe It's Love''. After his football caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Banker
Willis Burton "Bill" Banker (April 4, 1907 – September 25, 1985) was an American college football player and one-time vice president of Pinnacle Oil Co. His younger brother Buddy Banker was also an athlete. Tulane University Banker was a prominent halfback for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University from 1927 to 1929, in the last leading Tulane to an undefeated season. He was known as the "Blond Blizzard" due to his blond hair and playing without a helmet. During the 1929 game with Georgia Tech, Banker wore a helmet onto the field because coach Bernie Bierman threatened to yank him out of the game. But the helmet slipped over his eyes as the Yellow Jackets were preparing to kickoff, so Banker tossed it to the sideline, and was never taken out, calling Bierman's bluff. He was featured as part of the All-American football team in the 1930 Warner Bros. feature movie '' Maybe It's Love'' starring 20-year-old Joan Bennett and comedian Joe E. Brown. Banker once he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
