Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 7, 2012

College Coach (1933) is a film that combines two of my favorite themes in early films: sports and collegiate culture. Calvert College is in trouble. They just put some money into their science department and now they are on the brink of bankruptcy. They get the idea to hire Coach...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on October 6, 2010

I’m pleased to see that another early 1930s William A Wellman title has just been announced as one of the latest batch of Warner Archive releases – this one is College Coach (1933), which I recently reviewed here, starring Pat O’Brien, Ann Dvorak, Lyle Talbot and Dick Powell and wi   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on September 1, 2010

Pat O'Brien and Ann Dvorak As a Brit who isn’t a great sport fan, I’ll admit I’m in difficulties when watching any movie about American football – since, as soon as the players head for the pitch, I can’t really work out what on earth is going on. Nevertheless, I w   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

College Coach (1933) is a film that combines two of my favorite themes in early films: sports and collegiate culture. Calvert College is in trouble. They just put some money into their science department and now they are on the brink of bankruptcy. They get the idea to hire Coach...   read more