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  Loretta Young and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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The Forward Pass
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7246 feet
Directed by Eddie Cline (Edward F. Cline)

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Marty Reid], Loretta Young [Patricia Carlyle], Guinn Williams (Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams) [Honey Smith], Marion Byron [Mazie], Phyllis Crane [Dot], Bert Rome [Coach Wilson], Lane Chandler [Assistant Coach Kane], Allan Lane (Allan ‘Rocky’ Lane) [Ed Kirby], Floyd Shackleford (Floyd Shackelford) [a trainer], Marjorie Kane [a student], Rae Samuels [a student], Duke Morrison (John Wayne) [extra], the University of Southern California football team

Distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Screenplay by Howard Emmett Rogers, with dialogue by Howard Emmett Rogers, from a screen story by Harvey Gates. Songs by Michael Cleary + [Herb Magidson and Ned Washngton]. Songs “One Minute of Heaven,” “H’lo Baby,” “I Gotta Have You” and “Huddlin’” by Herb Magidson, Ned Washington and Michael H. Cleary (music and lyrics). Cinematography by Arthur Todd (Arthur L. Todd). Film editor, Ralph Holt. Intertitles written by Howard Emmett Rogers. Presented by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / © 12 November 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP855]. Released 10 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 4920 feet) by First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 1 December 1929. / Full-sound film.

Comedy-Drama: Romance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Sports: Football - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 12 February 2024.

References: Aylesworth-Warner p. ? : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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