30 January 1927 Comedy 22 mins
When the freshman girls beat the sophomore girls in the big relay race, the 'Frosh' start lording it over the 'Sophs.' Will the 'Sophs' take that kind of treatment? Not a chance!
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George J. Lewis as Ed Benson
Dorothy Gulliver as Jane Maxwell
Eddie Phillips as Don Trent
Churchill Ross as Doc Webster
Hayden Stevenson as Coach Jones
Sally Blane as Betty Jane
Andy Devine as Sophomore
Sumner Getchell as Fat
Robert Livingston as Freshman
Max Wagner as Sophomore
Wesley Ruggles Director
United States 30 January 1927
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Directed by Wesley Ruggles. With George J. Lewis Eddie Phillips Dorothy Gulliver Churchill Ross.
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