Movie

The Forward Pass (1929)

• NR
• November 10, 1929
• 1h 18m

• Drama
• Romance

“The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.”

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.

Director

Edward F. Cline

Writers

Harvey Gates, Howard Emmett Rogers

Starring

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams