Jimmie Carter finds it hard to study, since it takes so much time from his athletic training. Finally, the faculty decide that the school can do without Jimmie and his father, having read of said son's ability to bout, writes that he needn't come home.


In the pantheon of early 20th-century sports cinema, few films capture the intersection of academic indifference and physical prowess with as much kinetic charm as Pardon My Glove. Directed with a keen eye for the rhythmic demands of the silent era, this 1922 gem serves as a fascinating specimen of the 'college-athle...


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" In the pantheon of early 20th-century sports cinema, few films capture the intersection of academic indifference and physical prowess with as much kinetic charm as Pardon My Glove. Directed with a keen eye for the rhythmic demands of the silent era, this 1922 gem serves as a fascinating specimen of the 'college-athlete-turned-pro' trope. Bobby Vernon, an actor often relegated to the periphery of slapstick history, delivers a performance that balances the vulnerability of a disappointed son wit..."
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