Idol of the Crowds (1937)
Note: this print runs 55 minutes against a recorded 60 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Russell Hopton, Clem Bevans, Virginia Brissac, Edward Peil, Wilfred Lucas, Huntley Gordon
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Idol of the Crowds is a 1937 American sports drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring John Wayne as an ice hockey player. It was one of a series of non-Westerns Wayne made for Universal. The film was originally called Hell on Ice but the Hays Office requested this be changed.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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