The Drop Kick Explained

The Drop Kick
Director:	Millard Webb
Producer:	Richard A. Rowland Ray Rockett
Screenplay:	Dwinelle Benthall (titles) Rufus McCosh (titles)
Starring:	Richard Barthelmess Barbara Kent
Cinematography:	Arthur Edeson Alvin Knechtel
Distributor:	First National Pictures
Runtime:	62 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

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]}

See also

• List of American football films

External links

• • • Alternate poster for the film
• Still with Richard Barthelmess and Hedda Hopper

Notes and References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DropKick1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Drop Kick
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032305/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/title.asp?film_id=33252 THE DROP KICK (1927)
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