''The Cheer Leader'' is a 1928 American silent

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directed by Alan James and starring

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, Gertrude Olmstead, and Shirley Palmer.

Plot

Cast

as Jimmy Grant * Gertrude Olmstead as Jean Howard * Shirley Palmer as Elizabeth Summers * Ralph Emerson as Alfred Crandall * Harold Goodwin as Richard Crosby * Donald Stuart as Percival Spivins * Duke Martin as Chuck Casey *

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as John Crandall *

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as Mrs. Crandall * James Leonard as James Grant Sr *

Lillian Langdon Lillian Langdon (November 25, 1860 – February 8, 1943) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1928. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Langdon was a descendant of Montgomery Pike, dis ...

as Mrs. Grant *

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as Chester Grant * Charles North as Dean Sherwood

Preservation

A print of ''The Cheer Leader'' is held by the

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.Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Cheer Leader''
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References

Bibliography

* Wiley Lee Umphlett. ''The Movies Go to College: Hollywood and the World of the College-Life Film''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1984.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Alan James American black-and-white films Films set in universities and colleges Gotham Pictures films 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub