The Forward Pass (1929)
The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.
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.
- Date of release
- 1929-11-10
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
Casting
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. — Marty Reid
- Loretta Young — Patricia Carlyle
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams — Honey Smith
- Marion Byron — Mazie
- Phyllis Crane — Dot
- Bert Rome — Coach Wilson
- Lane Chandler — Assistant Coach Kane
- Allan Lane — Ed Kirby
- Floyd Shackelford — Trainer
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