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So far, it has spawned two silent film adaptations --the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1915 first in 1915]] starring Creator/EthelClayton and the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1927 second in 1927]] starring Creator/DeloresCostello--, two sound movies --''Film/MaybeItsLove'' (1930) with Creator/JoanBennett and ''Film/FreshmanLove'' (1936) with Creator/PatriciaEllis--, and a 1917 musical called ''Theater/{{Leave It to Jane}}'' starring Creator/EdithHallor. ''Film/HorseFeathers'' is a {{parody}}.
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So far, it has spawned two silent film adaptations --the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1915 first in 1915]] starring Creator/EthelClayton and the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1927 second in 1927]] starring Creator/DeloresCostello--, two sound movies --''Film/MaybeItsLove'' (1930) with Creator/JoanBennett and ''Film/FreshmanLove'' (1936) with Creator/PatriciaEllis--, and a 1917 musical called ''Theater/{{Leave It to Jane}}'' starring Creator/EdithHallor. ''Film/HorseFeathers'' is a {{parody}}.{{parody}} of this concept.
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Jane Witherspoon, the only female in a several-mile radius, has one mission. Her father, the college president and a professor at Atwater College, has set his eyes on Billy Bolton, a high school graduate and star football player. He wants him to attend Atwater instead of Bingham College, the rival school and Bolton's father's alma mater. For that purpose, he asks his daughter to seduce Bolton. Predictably, they both fall in love.
''The College Widow'' is a 1907 play written by Creator/GeorgeAde featuring Creator/DorothyTennant as the TitleCharacter. It's named after the phrase "CollegeWidow", circa the [=XIXth=] century, which doesn't necessarily refer to a widowed woman so much as an unmarried female living in or near the campus of a male-only institution who would date the students.
So far, it has spawned two silent film adaptations --the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1915 first in 1915]] starring Creator/EthelClayton and the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1927 second in 1927]] starring Creator/DeloresCostello--, two sound movies --''Film/MaybeItsLove'' (1930) with Creator/JoanBennett and ''Film/FreshmanLove'' (1936) with Creator/PatriciaEllis--, and a 1917 musical called ''Theater/{{Leave It to Jane}}'' starring Creator/EdithHallor. ''Film/HorseFeathers'' is a {{parody}}.
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!!This play provides examples of:
* BigGame: Built up over the first act, the match against Bingham finally arrives mid-way through the second act. The players have been carefully chosen to create a first-rate team for Atwater and Jane has finally convinced Bolton to join it. It's time they show their rival what they are made of.
* CollegeWidow: By virtue of being the college president's daughter, Jane is the only woman on Atwater's campus. Despite the play being the TropeMaker, she's a {{downplayed}} example because she doesn't encourage attention from the whole student population but is asked by her father to charm one particular high-school graduate into attending Atwater College. Therefore, she only focuses on him.
* HoneyTrap: Peter Witherspoon asks his daughter to be this for Billy Bolton, a talented half-back he wants in Atwater's football team. Jane spends the first act slowly catching Bolton's attention and later, romancing him. Her mission is to ensnare him so thoroughly that he chooses to live near her (on the Atwater campus) over attending his father's alma mater.
* OpposingSportsTeam: Atwater and Bingham are rival universities in every aspect but it all crystallizes during the football seasons. Each year, both institutions subject their teams to grueling training and make sure to hand-pick all the best high school graduates.[[note]]Fun fact: Atwater and Bingham have a TruthInTelevision rivalry known as the Monon Bell[[/note]]
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''The College Widow'' is a 1907 play written by Creator/GeorgeAde featuring Creator/DorothyTennant as the TitleCharacter. It's named after the phrase "CollegeWidow", circa the [=XIXth=] century, which doesn't necessarily refer to a widowed woman so much as an unmarried female living in or near the campus of a male-only institution who would date the students.
So far, it has spawned two silent film adaptations --the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1915 first in 1915]] starring Creator/EthelClayton and the [[Film/TheCollegeWidow1927 second in 1927]] starring Creator/DeloresCostello--, two sound movies --''Film/MaybeItsLove'' (1930) with Creator/JoanBennett and ''Film/FreshmanLove'' (1936) with Creator/PatriciaEllis--, and a 1917 musical called ''Theater/{{Leave It to Jane}}'' starring Creator/EdithHallor. ''Film/HorseFeathers'' is a {{parody}}.
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!!This play provides examples of:
* BigGame: Built up over the first act, the match against Bingham finally arrives mid-way through the second act. The players have been carefully chosen to create a first-rate team for Atwater and Jane has finally convinced Bolton to join it. It's time they show their rival what they are made of.
* CollegeWidow: By virtue of being the college president's daughter, Jane is the only woman on Atwater's campus. Despite the play being the TropeMaker, she's a {{downplayed}} example because she doesn't encourage attention from the whole student population but is asked by her father to charm one particular high-school graduate into attending Atwater College. Therefore, she only focuses on him.
* HoneyTrap: Peter Witherspoon asks his daughter to be this for Billy Bolton, a talented half-back he wants in Atwater's football team. Jane spends the first act slowly catching Bolton's attention and later, romancing him. Her mission is to ensnare him so thoroughly that he chooses to live near her (on the Atwater campus) over attending his father's alma mater.
* OpposingSportsTeam: Atwater and Bingham are rival universities in every aspect but it all crystallizes during the football seasons. Each year, both institutions subject their teams to grueling training and make sure to hand-pick all the best high school graduates.[[note]]Fun fact: Atwater and Bingham have a TruthInTelevision rivalry known as the Monon Bell[[/note]]
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