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The Forward Pass(1929)
Status: Released
Date: 1929-11-10
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Time: 1h 18m
The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.
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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.
Languages: English.
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Movie: The Forward Pass
Top 9 Billed Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Marty Reid
Loretta Young
Patricia Carlyle
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Honey Smith
Marion Byron
Mazie
Phyllis Crane
Dot
Lane Chandler
Assistant Coach Kane
Allan Lane
Ed Kirby
Floyd Shackelford
Trainer
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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.
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1929-11-10
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The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.
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