The Drop Kick

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The Drop Kick
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Directed by Millard Webb
Written by Winifred Dunn (scenario)
Screenplay by Dwinelle Benthall (titles)
Rufus McCosh (titles)
Based onGlitter
by Katherine Brush
Produced by Richard A. Rowland
Ray Rockett
Starring Richard Barthelmess
Barbara Kent
Cinematography Arthur Edeson
Alvin Knechtel
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • September 25, 1927 (1927-09-25)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
The full film

The Drop Kick (also known as Glitter in the UK) is a 1927 silent film directed by Millard Webb, adapted from the novel Glitter (1925) 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. [1] [2]

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Plot

A football player finds his head coach is suffering from a suicide.

Cast

Preservation

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. [3] [4]

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References

  1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Drop Kick at silentera.com
  3. THE DROP KICK (1927)(Wayback)
  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978