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Campus Smiles (1920)

1920 · Silent film · 7 min · dir. Royce, Henry "Hank"; Tuttle, Fordyce "Clif"

  • Comedy
  • Documentary

Synopsis

Source 35 mm nitrate film Description Campus Smiles uses a playful tone to document the faculty, student body, and life at UW-Madison during the early 1920s. This documentary short is a compelling chronicle of the local culture at one of the nation’s largest universities and offers a glimpse into the undergraduate sphere of the immediate post-WWI era. In it, humorous intertitles penned in early twentieth-century American slang introduce campus personalities and comment on social events. Genre…

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Director
Royce, Henry "Hank"; Tuttle, Fordyce "Clif"
Released
1920-01-01
Running time
7 minutes

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