The Forward Pass
5.0
“The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.”
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
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Marty Reid
Known for
Little Caesar
Gunga Din
Loretta Young
Patricia Carlyle
Known for
The Stranger
The Bishop's Wife
Edward F. Cline
Harvey Gates
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Marty Reid
Edward F. Cline
Known for
The Haunted House
Convict 13
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Honey Smith
Known for
City Girl
You Only Live Once
Howard Emmett Rogers
Marion Byron
Mazie
Known for
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Phyllis Crane
Dot
Also in
Three Little Pigskins
Ten Cents a Dance
Bert Rome
Coach Wilson
No other roles listed
Lane Chandler
Assistant Coach Kane
Known for
Samson and Delilah
The Devil's Brother
Edward F. Cline Director · Howard Emmett Rogers Writer Harvey Gates Story
United States release November 10, 1929 · Produced in United States
Production
First National Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 10, 1929
Theatrical · sound version
Argentina
May 27, 1930
Ireland
March 7, 1930
United Kingdom
January 22, 1930 · London
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