The Drop Kick

The Drop Kick
The Drop Kick
	1927 Insert Poster
Directed by	Millard Webb
Written by	Winifred Dunn (scenario)
Screenplay by	Dwinelle Benthall (titles); Rufus McCosh (titles)
Based on	Glitter; 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;
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United 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]

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

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]

References

^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Drop Kick at silentera.com
^ THE DROP KICK (1927)(Wayback)
^ 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