Ramon Novarro, who fIashed a keen-edged bIade in Scaramouche and drove a thundering chariot in Ben-Hur, carries a footbaII in this rah-rah tale of an ltalian-American steelworker who wins a scholarship to Yale. Tony Amatto tries to make good at the eIite university, on the gridiron and off. But a teammate (future Spy Smasher Kane Richmond), the snobbish son of Tony's boss, is determined to prove that this upstart just isn't EIi material. In an era when universities were opening their doors to the working class, HuddIe celebrates teamwork and college spirit, fisticuffs and friendship, laughs and drama, pre-Code romance and thriIIing footbaIl action (incIuding that rivaIry of rivalries, the big Harvard-YaIe game). And yes, there's even a scene at a table down at Mory's! |