The Forward Pass

The Forward Pass

The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.

NR 1929 · 78 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Edward F. Cline · Written by Howard Emmett Rogers

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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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