{{short description|1928 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name =The Floating College | image = The Floating College.jpg | caption = | director = George Crone | producer =John M. Stahl | writer = {{ubl|Stuart Anthony|Paul Perez}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Sally O'Neil|William Collier Jr.|Georgia Hale}} | music = | cinematography = Harry Jackson | editing = Desmond O'Brien | studio = Tiffany Pictures | distributor = Tiffany Pictures | released = {{Film date|1928|11|10}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = {{ubl|Silent|English intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Floating College''''' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Sally O'Neil, William Collier Jr., and Georgia Hale.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Babington|first1=Bruce|title=The call of the heart : John M. Stahl and Hollywood melodrama|last2=Barr|first2=Charles|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-86196-953-1|location=Herts, United Kingdom|pages=134|oclc=1078923338}}</ref><ref>[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FloatingCollege1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Floating College''] at silentera.com</ref>
==Plot== Two sisters fall in love with a swimming instructor.
==Cast== * Sally O'Neil as Pat Bixby * William Collier Jr. as George Dewey * Georgia Hale as Frances Bixby * Harvey Clark as The Dean * George Harris as Snug *E.J. Ratcliffe as Nathan Bixby * Virginia Sale as Miss Cobbs
==Censorship== When ''The Floating College'' was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. Consistent with prohibition, the Kansas censor board ordered the elimination of a scene showing a travelling bag with liquor running out.<ref>{{cite journal |last= |first= |author-link= |title=Eliminations Ordered in 1928 by Kansas Censor Board with Woman Members |journal=Variety |volume=94 |issue=6 |page=5 |publisher=Variety, Inc. |location=New York City |date=1929-02-20 |url=https://archive.org/details/variety94-1929-02/page/n138/mode/1up |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0018898}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Floating College}} Category:1928 films Category:1928 comedy films Category:1928 English-language films Category:American silent feature films Category:American silent comedy films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Tiffany Pictures films Category:Films directed by George Crone Category:American seafaring films Category:1928 American films Category:American silent adventure films
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