Freshman Love | |
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Directed by | William C. McGann |
Screenplay by | Earl Felton George Bricker |
Based on | The College Widow (1904 play) by George Ade |
Produced by | Bryan Foy |
Starring | Patricia Ellis Frank McHugh |
Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
Edited by | James Gibbon |
Music by | Leo F. Forbstein |
Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes; 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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