The Olympic Hero

1928 film

  • Ronald De Gastro
  • Walter Weems
Starring
  • Charles Paddock
  • Julanne Johnston
  • Crauford Kent
CinematographyFaxon M. DeanEdited byHenry Weber
Production
company
James P. Lyons
Distributed bySupreme Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1928 (1928-06-15)
CountryUnited StatesLanguages
  • Silent
  • English intertitles

The Olympic Hero is a 1928 American silent comedy sports film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Charles Paddock, Julanne Johnston and Crauford Kent. It incorporated some real footage from the 1924 Olympic Games.[1]

Cast

  • Charles Paddock as Charlie Patterson
  • Julanne Johnston as Mary Brown
  • Donald Stuart as Assistant Coach
  • Harvey Clark as Coach Regan
  • Crauford Kent as Man-About-Town
  • Jack Selwyn as Harold Fellows
  • Emile Chautard as Grandpa Brown
  • R.O. Pennell as Professor
  • Aileen Manning as Physical Instructress
  • Bob Maxwell as Balfor Champ
  • Raoul Paoli as French Champ

References

  1. ^ Umphlett p.173

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

  • The Olympic Hero at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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