The Forward Pass
The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.
1929 en 78 minutes
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Plot
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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Cast
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
