Huddle

Huddle (1932)

A cuddling, huddling romance of Yale!

Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, and class prejudice.

Date of release
1932-05-14
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Sam Wood

Casting

Interesting facts

Huddle is a 1932 American pre-Code sports drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Ramon Novarro, Madge Evans, Ralph Graves and Una Merkel. This was the first of two films Ramon Novarro would make in 1932, and his first after appearing in the acclaimed, successful Mata Hari.

Production

Director Sam Wood was known for directing college-themed films such as One Minute to Play (1926) and So This Is College (1929). The film showcases the popularity of the college film subgenre of culture-clash plot elements that were the focus of comedies like Hold 'Em Yale (1928) with Rod La Rocque, and the drama Redskin (1929) with Richard Dix.

The film was shot on a considerable budget of $514,000, and included recreating Yale's Derby Day on the MGM backlot. Shooting began on February 12, 1932, and lasted for nine weeks.

Real college students for the film were recruited as extras for $5-a-day; while presumably providing authentic atmosphere to the crowd scenes, they were also cheaper to hire than the average professional film extra in Los Angeles, whose pay was set at $7.50.

Lead actor Novarro had to learn football and soccer for his role (his character plays football in the American release, soccer in the international versions). He considered himself miscast; Robert Montgomery was originally considered for the role.

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