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The New Half Back
Also known as The Halfback of Notre Dame in the USA : {The New Halfback}
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Harry Gribbon [Elmer Buckley, the new halfback], Andy Clyde [Dean Martin], Marjorie Beebe [Marge Martin], Wade Boteler [Red Hennessy], Bert Swor [the football coach], Patsy O’Leary [Patsy], Marvin Loback [the radio announcer], Charles Henley [the water boy], Ernie Alexander [a football player], Hodson Beldam [a football player], Jim Coleman [a football player], Kenneth Crayne [a football player], Hubert Diltz [a football player], Orville Faust [a football player], Junior Fuller [a football player], Kenneth Grossman [a football player], Fred Kohler Jr. [a football player], Paul Laidlaw [a football player], Ralph Linn [a football player], Ralph Linn [a football player], Dick Linthicum [a football player], Joe Lynch [a football player], Teddy Mangean [a football player], George Mason [a football player], Pete Morrison [a football player], George Spear [a football player], Ted Stroback [a football player], Kathryn Stanley [a student], Carole Lombard
Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Educational Film Exchanges, Incorporated [Mack Sennett Talking Comedy; An All-Talking Comedy]. / Story and dialogue (screenplay) by John A. Waldron, Earle Rodney, Hampton Del Ruth and Harry McCoy. Technicians, Arthur Blinn and Paul Guerin. Cinematography by John W. Boyle and Ernie Crockett. Film editor, William Hornbeck. Presented by E.W. Hammons. / Released 24 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Lombard appears in a bit role (likely as a student). / Full-sound film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Sports: Football - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Maltin-Selected p. 95 : Website-IMDb.
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