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The Forward Pass
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by 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 [Ed Kirby], Floyd Shackleford [trainer], Marion Morrison (John Wayne) [extra], the University of Southern California football team

Distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Howard Emmett Rogers, from a screen story by Harvey Gates. Songs by Michael Cleary + [Herb Magidson and Ned Washngton]. Cinematography by Arthur Todd (Arthur L. Todd). Film editor, Ralph Holt. Intertitles written by Howard Emmett Rogers. / 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 on 1 December 1929. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Keywords: Sports: Football - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 2 April 2009.

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