Movie: The Forward Pass

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Marty Reid

Loretta Young
Loretta Young

Patricia Carlyle

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Honey Smith

Marion Byron
Marion Byron

Mazie

Phyllis Crane
Phyllis Crane

Dot

Bert Rome
Bert Rome

Coach Wilson

Lane Chandler
Lane Chandler

Assistant Coach Kane

Allan Lane
Allan Lane

Ed Kirby

Floyd Shackelford
Floyd Shackelford

Trainer

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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.

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    1929-11-10

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    The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.

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