Kino-polis
BrowseCollectionsReading RoomAbout
Kino-polis

A personal screening room for early cinema.

Explore

  • Browse
  • Collections
  • Reading Room
  • About

Connect

  • RSS
  • Contact

© 2026 Kino-polis

College

1927 · 65 min · US

Directed by James W. Horne, Buster Keaton

Keaton, 1927, his own company, directed with James W. Horne: a bookish freshman who has scorned sports must become an athlete to keep the girl (Anne Cornwall). The pole vault, the boat race, the run. It is the Keaton feature people call minor because The General had just happened. Watch the body. He is still inventing how a man moves when the world is a gymnasium that did not invite him.

Comedy · Romance · Drama

Watch now

Watch College

1927 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

Public domain presentation

Public Domain Source

Wikimedia Commons · FM-54; File:College (1927) by Buster Keaton and James W. Horne.webm; 1456x1080

Video: Buster Keaton and James W. Horne · Credit: https://archive.org/details/college-1927-by-james-w.-horne-and-buster-keaton https://ww3.yts.nz/movies/college-1927 · Public domain · Source: File page

Cast & Crew

James W. Horne · DirectorBuster Keaton · Ronald, The BoyAnne Cornwall · Mary Haynes, The Girl

Available Subtitles

No subtitle tracks are currently listed.

Other sources: Laurel & Hardy

From the Reading Room

Article
College (1927) | Rotten Tomatoes — Rotten Tomatoes

Critical reviews and analysis of Keaton's satire on university sports culture.

Article
Buster Keaton in COLLEGE (1927) — Aurora's Gin Joint

Film review examining Keaton's athletic comedy and slapstick innovation.

Where to Watch

Streaming data by JustWatch

Cast

Principal players
B

Buster Keaton

Ronald, The Boy

Anne Cornwall

Anne Cornwall

Mary Haynes, The Girl

Flora Bramley

Flora Bramley

Mary's friend

H

Harold Goodwin

Jeff Brown, A rival

Snitz Edwards

Snitz Edwards

The Dean

C

Carl Harbaugh

Crew Coach

S

Sam Crawford

Baseball Coach

F

Florence Turner

A Mother

Lee Barnes

Lee Barnes

USC Athlete (uncredited)

R

Robert Boling

USC Athlete (uncredited)

Charley Borah

Charley Borah

USC Athlete (uncredited)

Leighton Dye

Leighton Dye

USC Athlete (uncredited)

P

Paul Goldsmith

USC Athlete (uncredited)

K

Kenneth Grumbles

USC Athlete (uncredited)

C

Charlie Hall

Coxswain (uncredited)

Crew

Devereaux Jennings

cinematographer

Bryan Foy

writer

Bert Haines

cinematographer

Carl Harbaugh

writer

More Like This

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928

Battling Butler

Battling Butler

1926

The General

The General

1926

The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928

Seven Chances

Seven Chances

1925

The Navigator

The Navigator

1924

Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality

1923

The Balloonatic

The Balloonatic

1923

Neighbors

Neighbors

1920

Go West

Go West

1925

Spite Marriage

Spite Marriage

1929

Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr.

1924