Huddle (film)

Huddle is a 1932 American PreCode 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, and successful, Mata Hari.

Director Sam Wood was known for directing collegethemed 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 cultureclash 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 Yales Derby Day on the MGM backlot. Shooting began on on February 12, 1932, and lasted for nine weeks. Real college students for the film were recruited as extras for 5aday 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. One of the extras in the film was a prefame Buster Crabbe, who appeared in a few scenes before being fired because of inadvertent rudeness to the star Novarro during rehearsals. All American football stars Merger Asplit, Gene Clark, Dale Van Sickel, Jess Hibbs, Ernie Pinkert and Manfred Vezie appeared in the film as well to lend authenticity to the football game plays. ........

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