i have be intrigue by this film for a while and in part because of the extremely high score here on imdb a 9 . 0 average with over 300 vote give it the high rating of any accessible silent film . how have i not hear of this film before this website . well and you can not always trust the rating . this be actually a very good film and preserve quite well if the fine vhs transfer i rent be any indication excellent acting by the principal and especially william haines a brown and and good location work at cambridge with some fine action footage in the climactic harvard or yale football game but the story must have seem a hoary chestnut even in 1926. obnoxious and self center and charismatic guy go to school and get put in his place and become in the process a caring and self sacrifice friend while i doubt people in 1926 find much that be really exciting in the last few reel and the predictability factor be high . still and it start out very well and and be certainly deserve of be remember and if not praise to the heaven . maybe the previous 350 voter be mostly harvard men . edit now 600 plus voter and the score have actually climb to 9 . 2. seriously and folk and there be ballot stuff go on here i defy anybody to explain why this be a good film than metropolis or the general .