| nostalgiaguru |
07-16-2008 03:44 PM |
Fraternity Row - the movie
I did a thread search, and know this has come up a couple of times, but how many of you have seen the 1977 film "Fraternity Row"? I remember watching it when it was first released, as it was produced by a USC drama(?) major and initially just distributed through word of mouth. Our IFC had purchased a copy, and we watched it at a Lambda Chi/Pi Phi mixer at the Student center way back in Fall, 1977.
With my twin sons going off to college in the Fall 08 semester, I have been waxing melancholy lately, and decided to buy a bootleg copy (the only kind you can get). I watched it with my sons, but it just had too much of that "cheaply-produced" feel to it, so my sons tuned out quickly.
I still enjoyed it, of course, and it has several trivia nuggets now associated with it:
1) actor Scott Newman, the pledge "bully" was the late son of actor Paul Newman.
2) filmed on USC's Fraternity Row on 28th St at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Delta Delta houses.
3) loosely based on a hazing incident from the 50s, back at the time when Ozzie & Harriet's sons, Rick and David Nelson were attending members.
4) Peter Fox, the main star is Michael J. Fox's older brother and has appeared in many films
5) Nancy Morgan, the girlfriend, was John Ritter's wife.
6) Gregory Harrison, who played the pledge President, went on to become the biggest start of the bunch.
7) By far, the majority of those appearing were USC students in 1977.
8) Robert Emhardt, the older guy, is a very recognizable character actor, and appeared in movies and TV. You may remember him as playing Malcolm Tucker in what is considered the most popular episode ever of "The Andy Griffith Show", 'Man in a Hurry'.
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