Gym College (1955)
** (out of 4)
Another boring entry in RKO/Pathe's Sportscope series. This time we travel to Floria State where we meet the championship gymnastics team. Coach Hartley Price introduces us to many athletes including some who would go onto the Olympics. The Parallel bars, high bar, pommel horse and trampoline are just a few of the items we see on display. The idea of filming something like this would make for an interesting film but like so many titles from this series the end result is rather dull and lifeless. The more films I see from this series the more I begin to get the feeling I could label this one of the most boring series of shorts out there. There's really no sense of direction and no real implications that the filmmakers want to educate us on anything. This short really feels like a rush job as if the local theater was needing something quick and this was just thrown together. As "history" we get to see some people that will appeal to certain buffs but the overall film is pretty bland.