The Drop Kick

{{short description|1927 film}} {{other uses|Drop kick (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | image = The Drop Kick (1927) poster (cropped).jpg | caption = Theatrical release three-sheet poster | director = Millard Webb | producer = {{Plainlist| * Richard A. Rowland * Ray Rockett }} | writer = Winifred Dunn (scenario) | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Dwinelle Benthall (titles) * Rufus McCosh (titles) }} | based_on = {{basedon|''Glitter''|Katherine Brush}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Richard Barthelmess * Hedda Hopper * Dorothy Revier * Barbara Kent }} | cinematography = {{Plainlist| * Arthur Edeson * Alvin Knechtel }} | editing = | studio = First National Pictures | distributor = First National Pictures | released = {{film date|1927|9|25}} | runtime = 62 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} thumb|thumbtime=5|''The Drop Kick'' (1927) '''''The Drop Kick''''' (also known as '''''Glitter''''' in the UK) is a 1927 American 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.<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DropKick1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Drop Kick''] at silentera.com</ref>

==Plot== {{more plot|date=February 2024}} 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 16 mm 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210823032305/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/title.asp?film_id=33252 THE DROP KICK (1927)] (Wayback)</ref><ref>''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</ref>

==See also== *List of American football films

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|The Drop Kick}} {{Wikisource}} *{{IMDb title|0017832}} *[http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=47051&Lot_No=12845 Alternate poster for the film] *[http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/richard-barthelmess-hedda-hopper-original Still with Richard Barthelmess and Hedda Hopper]

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