Brown of Harvard

(1926)

85 minutes

Drama / Silent / Sports 

Directed by Jack Conway

Cast:

William Haines as Tom Brown
Jack Pickford as Jim Doolittle
Mary Brian as Mary Abbott
Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Bob McAndrew
Mary Alden as Mrs. Brown
David Torrence as Mr. Brown
Edward Connelly as Professor Abbott
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Hal Walters
Donald Reed as Reggie Smythe
John Wayne as a Yale College football player  
 
Tom Brown begins his career at Harvard with a bang, earning the enmity of fellow football player and rowing teammate, Bob McAndrew.  The two become even more bitter in their rivalry as they also compete for the affections of Mary Abbott.

Notes:

This is the most popular of three versions of this popular play, with others being produced in 1911 and 1918.

Brown of Harvard featured John Wayne's first on screen role as an uncredited Yale football player.
The play Brown of Harvard was first shown in 1906 and quickly became a hit.