THE FORWARD PASS

DIRECTED BY EDWARD F. CLINE
FIRST NATIONAL/ WARNER BROS

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Plot Summary
This college musical chronicles the travails of a college football star
who wants to quit playing.
To stop him, the conniving coach enlists the aid of a flirtatious co-ed
who tries to use her many charms to coerce the lad into staying on the team.
She succeeds and the boy falls deeply in love with her.
When she realizes that he is serious, she stops seeing her latest beau,
and the professes her love to the football player.
This inspires him to go on and win the big game.
Songs include: "One Minute Of Heaven," "I Gotta Have You," "Hello Baby," "Huddlin'."
~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Information From IMDb

Full Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ... Marty Reid
Loretta Young ... Patricia Carlyle
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Honey Smith (as Guinn Williams)
Marion Byron ... Mazie
Phyllis Crane ... Dot
Bert Rome ... Coach Wilson
Lane Chandler ... Assistant Coach Kane
Allan Lane ... Ed Kirby
Floyd Shackelford ... Trainer
Duke Morrison ... Extra (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Harvey Gates story
Howard Emmett Rogers screenplay
Howard Emmett Rogers titles

Cinematography
Arthur L. Todd (as Arthur Todd)

Songs Featured
* "Hello, Baby"' or H'lo Baby
* "One Minute Of Heaven"
* "I Gotta Have YoU
* "Huddlin'
Music and lyrics by Herb Magidson, Ned Washington, Michael H. Cleary.


Movie Status
* This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.

* The sound disks for this Film, which was released in both silent and sound versions, survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

* In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930's, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.

* Vitaphone production reels #3590-3597

This is a Douglas Fairbank,Jr. movie, co-starring Loretta Young,
one of 6 pictures that cast them together.

It's worth noting,that this the last of the early movies,
in which Duke was just an extra playing a footballer,
he must have made an impression on the two stars.

Later Duke was to start dating Loretta's older sister at the time,
and as a favour Loretta, lobbied WB, to help Duke get the part in

The Life Of Jimmy Dolan (http://www.dukewayne.com/showthread.php?t=2017)

Kieth, or Ellie,
Of all these Early movies Duke was in, how many are available to one who would want to get them? And where might they look?

Chester

Kieth, or Ellie,
Of all these Early movies Duke was in, how many are available to one who would want to get them? And where might they look?

Chester

Shame on you JIM!!

other than those on the rare and Lost list they are all available. Send me a pm for further details

Hi Keith

Its great to see you posting reviews of these earlier films. I will post screen captures when i can to add to your review but as in this case I do not always have them. But here is the poster for The Forward Pass.