Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twenty-seven years later, Elmer is still in school and is a classmate of his son, Jack. Other than driving a milk wagon in his spare time, Jack is also the quarterback of the football team. A matter of his eligibility comes up but he is cleared and goes out to do-or-die for Colton against State University. Maybe they will win The Big Game, and Jack's father can get a life...and a job.
Acting
Harry Beresford's ancient eternal student physical comedy
Direction
Newmeyer's football action choreography for silent era
Director
Fred C. Newmeyer
Richard Dix
Jack Stone
Esther Ralston
Louise Mason
Harry Beresford
Elmer Stone
David Butler
'Lumpy' Goggins
Mona Palma
Nellie Webster - in Prologue
John Merton
Football Player
Robert Allen
Football Player (uncredited)
Ruby Blaine
Minor Role - in Prologue (uncredited)
Barton MacLane
Football Player (uncredited)
Charles Starrett
Football Player (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'eternal student' trope peaked in 1920s comedies, mocking Gilded Age men who treated college as permanent social club rather than education.
Director Fred C. Newmeyer also helmed Harold Lloyd's 'Safety Last!'—explaining the physical comedy DNA here.
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