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The Drop Kick
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Wikipedia article
'The Drop Kick' (also known as 'Glitter' in the UK) is a 1927 silent film directed by Millard Webb written by Katherine Brush about a college football player (Richard Barthelmess). It was one of the early films of John Wayne who was only aged 20 in the film. He too played a college footballer. A mute silent print was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions in the 1950s and in 1960s by United Artists Television. Prints of the film are preserved at the Library of Congress and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Madison.[https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/title.asp?film_id=33252 THE DROP KICK (1927)]'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c.1971'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress'(<-book title) by The American Film Institute, c.1978[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DropKick1927.html 'The Drop Kick' at silentera.com]
Plot
A football player finds his head coach is suffering from a suicide.
Cast
*Richard Barthelmess as Jack Hamill
*Barbara Kent as Cecily Graves
*Dorothy Revier as Mrs. Hathaway
*Eugene Strong as Brad Hathaway
*Alberta Vaughn as Molly
*Brooks Benedict as Ed Pemberton
*Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Hamill
*Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Graves
*George C. Pearce as The Dean
*John Wayne as USC Football Player
*James Bradbury Jr. as the rival to Hamill
References
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