''The College Boob'' is a 1926 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Harry Garson Harry Garson (1882 – September 21, 1938) was an American film director and producer. He directed 29 films between 1920 and 1934, and produced 11 films before that. He was born in Rochester, New York and died in Los Angeles, California. ...

and written by

Gerald Duffy Gerald C. Duffy (1896 – June 25, 1928) was a screenwriter of the silent film era, as well as a journalist, and short story writer and copyeditor. He is best known for his many contributions to Redbook magazine, which he edited, as well as be ...

. The film stars

Maurice Bennett Flynn Maurice Bennett Flynn (May 26, 1892 – March 4, 1959) was an American football player and actor. He was also known as "Lefty" Flynn because in football, he kicked with his left foot. Biography Flynn was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on May 26 ...

Jean Arthur Jean Arthur (born Gladys Georgianna Greene; October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American Broadway and film actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s. Arthur had feature roles in three F ...

, Jimmy Anderson, Bob Steele, Cecil Ogden and

Dorothea Wolbert Dorothea Wolbert (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1958) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1916 and 1957. She appeared on the television series ''I Love Lucy'' (with her character named Dorothea Wolbe ...

. The film was released on August 15, 1926, by

Film Booking Offices of America Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), registered as FBO Pictures Corp., was an American film studio of the Silent film, silent era, a midsize producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films. The business began in 1918 as Robertson-Cole, an ...

Cast

as Aloysius Appleby *

as Angela Boothby *Jimmy Anderson as Horatio Winston Jr. * Bob Steele as Shorty Buzelle *Cecil Ogden as Smacky McNeil *

as Aunt Polly *William Malan as Uncle Lish *Ray Turner as Whitewings Washington

References

External links

* 1926 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1926 comedy films Film Booking Offices of America films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Gerald Duffy Films directed by Harry Garson 1920s American films {{Silent-comedy-film-stub