The Forward Pass

11/10/1929

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1hr 18min

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Drama

,Romance

The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Loretta Young
  • Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
  • Marion Byron
  • Phyllis Crane

    Director

  • Edward F. Cline

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • First National Pictures

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English