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The Forward Pass
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The Forward Pass

Nov 10, 1929
1h 18m
★ 0.0

The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.

Overview

Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the game forever. Ed Kirby, who dislikes Reid, calls him yellow, and Wilson gets Patricia Carlyle, the college vamp, to induce Reid to play. At a sorority dance, where only football players can cut in, Kirby persecutes Reid by dancing with Pat, and as a result Reid does apply to play in the game.

Genres

Drama
Romance

Production Companies

First National Pictures

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Marty Reid

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Loretta Young

Patricia Carlyle

Loretta Young

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Honey Smith

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Marion Byron

Mazie

Marion Byron

Phyllis Crane

Dot

Phyllis Crane

Bert Rome

Coach Wilson

Bert Rome

Lane Chandler

Assistant Coach Kane

Lane Chandler

Allan Lane

Ed Kirby

Allan Lane

Floyd Shackelford

Trainer

Floyd Shackelford

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