Brown of Harvard (1911 film)

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1911 American film

Brown of Harvard

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Directed by| Colin Campbell
Written by| Colin Campbell
Rida Johnson Young (play)
Produced by| Selig Polyscope Company

Release date

* December 21, 1911 (1911-12-21)

Country| United States
Languages| Silent film
English intertitles

Brown of Harvard is a 1911 silent film based on the 1906 play of the same name by Rida Johnson Young. It was the film debut of Edgar Kennedy.

## Plot

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The story deals with Tom Brown's efforts to save his fiance's "black sheep" brother Wilfred Kenyon from disgrace. An unfortunate state of affairs exists between Wilfred and Marion Thorne, the sister of Gerald, who is stroking the varsity crew. The situation is misunderstood by all but Tom. Matters reach a climax on the day the big boat race between Harvard and a champion English crew. Thorne as he is about to enter the boat is given an anonymous note to the effect that Marion is about to leave town with one of the college men. He throws the race and rashes to his sister, whom he finds in possession of Tom's check for an amount to cover her expenses. The check has been forged by Wilfred. Crazed with grief and anger, he rushes back to the boathouse. In the meantime, Tom Brown, Thorne's substitute has stroked the Harvard crew to victory and he is faced by the irate Thorne, who brands him as a scoundrel, producing the check to substantiate his charges. Brown remains silent preferring to be misunderstood rather than expose his loved one's brother. Wilfred confesses and wrongs are righted.

## Cast

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* Edgar G. Wynn as Tom Brown of Harvard
* Charles Clary as Gerald Thorne, a Tutor
* George L. Cox as Wilfred Kenyon, a Black Sheep
* Edgar Kennedy as Claxton Madden
* James Le Boutillier as John Cartright
* Frank Weed as Tubby Anderson
* William Stowell as Happy Thurston
* Charles A. Kellner as Bud Hall
* Joseph Sullivan as Victor Colton
* Fielding J. Thatcher as Codrington
* Lillian Leighton as Mrs. Kenyon
* Winifred Greenwood as Evelyn Kenyon
* Adrienne Kroell as Marion Thorne, Gerald's Sister
* Hobart Bosworth Uncredited
* Bessie Eyton Uncredited
* Kempton Greene as Student (uncredited)

## External links

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* Brown of Harvard at IMDb

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Rida Johnson Young's Brown of Harvard

Film adaptations|

* Brown of Harvard (1911)
* Brown of Harvard (1918)
* Brown of Harvard (1926)

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Films directed by Colin Campbell

1910s|

* Brown of Harvard (1911)
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* The Rosary (1915)
* Sweet Alyssum (1915)
* Thou Shalt Not Covet (1916)
* The Ne'er-Do-Well (1916)
* The Garden of Allah (1916)
* The Crisis (1916)
* Beware of Strangers (1917)
* Who Shall Take My Life? (1917)
* The City of Purple Dreams (1918)
* The Still Alarm (1918)
* A Hoosier Romance (1918)
* The Yellow Dog (1918)
* Tongues of Flame (1918)
* The Sea Flower (1918)
* Little Orphant Annie (1918)
* The Railroader (1919)
* The Thunderbolt (1919)
* The Beauty Market (1919)

1920s|

* The Corsican Brothers (1920)
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* Moon Madness (1920)
* Big Happiness (1920)
* The First Born (1921)
* Black Roses (1921)
* Where Lights Are Low (1921)
* The Swamp (1921)
* The Lure of Jade (1921)
* Two Kinds of Women (1922)
* The World's a Stage (1922)
* Three Who Paid (1923)
* The Buster (1923)
* Bucking the Barrier (1923)
* The Grail (1923)
* Pagan Passions (1924)
* The Bowery Bishop (1924)

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