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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]
| 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 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 |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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A football player finds his head coach is suffering from a suicide.
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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