College

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1927. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1927 silent film, showing actor Buster Keaton standing behind a large pile of sporting gear. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso.

Seen by some as a reply to Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman" (1925), and a follow-up to Keaton's masterpiece "The General" (1926), about a nerdy undergraduate who follows his crush to a sports-focused college.

Shot on location at Bovard Field and Exposition Park in Los Angeles.

Poor, with a large dampstain affecting the bottom right portion of the image, and a diagonal crease to the top right corner, repaired with old cello tape on the verso.

[Book #172197]