--- title: 'Brown of Harvard (1926)' type: 'film' director: 'Jack Conway' released: '1926-01-01' runtime_minutes: 85 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/brown-of-harvard-1926' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016690/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Brown of Harvard (1926) 1926 · 85 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Brown of Harvard is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway, and starring William Haines, Jack Pickford and Mary Brian. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film is based on the successful 1906 Broadway play Brown of Harvard by Rida Johnson Young, who also co-wrote the popular music for the play along with Melvin Ellis. The film is the best known of the three Brown of Harvard films. It was John Wayne's film debut. Uncredited, Wayne played a Yale football player. Grady Sutton and Robert Livingston, both of whom went on to long and successful careers, also appear uncredited. The 1918 film included future Boston Redskins coach William "Lone Star" Dietz and the only Washington State University football team to win a Rose Bowl. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jack Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-conway) - **Screenplay:** [Donald Ogden Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-ogden-stewart) - **Producer:** [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg) - **Director of Photography:** [Ira H. Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ira-h-morgan) ## Cast - [Mary Alden](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-alden) - [David Torrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-torrence) - [Mary Brian](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-brian) - [Grady Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/grady-sutton) - [Jack Pickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-pickford) - [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne) - [Guinn "Big Boy" Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/guinn-big-boy-williams) - [Robert Livingston](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-livingston) - [Edward Connelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-connelly) - [William Haines](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-haines) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/brown-of-harvard-1926 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1997208); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.