The Olympic Hero

1928 film

The Olympic Hero

Directed by| Roy William Neill
Written by|

* Ronald De Gastro
* Walter Weems

Starring|

* Charles Paddock
* Julanne Johnston
* Crauford Kent

Cinematography| Faxon M. Dean
Edited by| Henry Weber

Production
company

James P. Lyons

Distributed by| Supreme Pictures

Release date

* June 15, 1928 (1928-06-15)

Country| United States
Languages|

* Silent
* English intertitles

The Olympic Hero is a 1928 American silent comedy sports film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Charles Paddock, Julanne Johnston and Crauford Kent. It incorporated some real footage from the 1924 Olympic Games.[1]

## Cast

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* Charles Paddock as Charlie Patterson
* Julanne Johnston as Mary Brown
* Donald Stuart as Assistant Coach
* Harvey Clark as Coach Regan
* Crauford Kent as Man-About-Town
* Jack Selwyn as Harold Fellows
* Emile Chautard as Grandpa Brown
* R.O. Pennell as Professor
* Aileen Manning as Physical Instructress
* Bob Maxwell as Balfor Champ
* Raoul Paoli as French Champ

## References

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1. ^ Umphlett p.173

## Bibliography

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* Wiley Lee Umphlett. The Movies Go to College: Hollywood and the World of the College-life Film. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1984.

## External links

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* The Olympic Hero at IMDb

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Films directed by Roy William Neill

1910s|

* The Mother Instinct (1917)
* The Price Mark (1917)
* Vive la France! (1918)
* The Bandbox (1919)

1920s|

* The Woman Gives (1920)
* Yes or No? (1920)
* Dangerous Business (1920)
* Something Different (1920)
* The Idol of the North (1921)
* The Conquest of Canaan (1921)
* The Iron Trail (1921)
* What's Wrong with the Women? (1922)
* The Man from M.A.R.S (1922)
* Toilers of the Sea (1923)
* By Divine Right (1924)
* Vanity's Price (1924)
* Broken Laws (1924)
* Percy (1925)
* Marriage in Transit (1925)
* The Kiss Barrier (1925)
* Greater Than a Crown (1925)
* The Cowboy and the Countess (1926)
* The Fighting Buckaroo (1926)
* A Man Four-Square (1926)
* Black Paradise (1926)
* The City (1926)
* Marriage (1927)
* The Arizona Wildcat (1927)
* The Olympic Hero (1928)
* Lady Raffles (1928)
* The Viking (1928)
* San Francisco Nights (1928)
* Wall Street (1929)

1930s|

* Just Like Heaven (1930)
* The Melody Man (1930)
* Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931)
* The Menace (1932)
* That's My Boy (1932)
* Above the Clouds (1933)
* The Circus Queen Murder (1933)
* Fury of the Jungle (1933)
* The Ninth Guest (1934)
* Black Moon (1934)
* I'll Fix It (1934)
* Jealousy (1934)
* Eight Bells (1935)
* The Black Room (1935)
* Gypsy (1937)
* Doctor Syn (1937)
* The Viper (1938)
* Simply Terrific (1938)
* Thank Evans (1938)
* Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (1938)
* Everything Happens to Me (1938)
* A Gentleman's Gentleman (1939)
* Murder Will Out (1939)

1940s|

* His Brother's Keeper (1940)
* Hoots Mon! (1940)
* The Good Old Days (1940)
* Eyes of the Underworld (1942)
* Madame Spy (1942)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
* Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
* Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
* Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
* Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
* The Spider Woman (1944)
* The Scarlet Claw (1944)
* The Pearl of Death (1944)
* Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
* Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
* The Woman in Green (1945)
* Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
* Terror by Night (1946)
* Dressed to Kill (1946)
* Black Angel (1946)

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