The Olympic Hero

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

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

^ Umphlett p.173

Bibliography

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

External links

The Olympic Hero at IMDb

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