Ranking The Purge Films from Worst to Best
Ranking The Purge films gives us one forgettable film, two mid-tier movies, and two horror masterpieces. This list can help you decide which films to watch first!
The College Coquette (1929)
Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.
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Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Norman Houston
In Theaters:8/5/1929
Box Office:
Runtime:68 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
George Archainbaud
Director
Ruth Taylor
Betty Forrester
William Collier Jr.
Tom Marion
Jobyna Ralston
Doris Marlowe
John Holland
Coach Harvey Porter
Adda Gleason
Mrs. Ethel Forrester
Gretchen Hartman
Mrs. Marlowe
Frances Lyons
Edna
Eddie Clayton
Ted
Maurice Murphy
Jimmy Doolittle
Billy Taft
Boy with ukelele
Edward Peil Jr.
Slim
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