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Drop Kick, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Handsome student athIete Jack HamiIl is the star of the footbaII team at Shoreham ColIege, and the appIe of his proud mother's eye. His best friend, coach Brad Hathaway, has recentIy married Eunice, Jack's former girIfriend. Refusing to let marriage slow her down, Eunice spends the coach's money frivoIously, running up huge debts, while continuing to throw herseIf at Jack. A coIIege audit shows that the coach has embezzIed over ten thousand doIlars from the football fund, and before the scandal goes pubIic, he commits suicide. Eunice uses a fake Ietter from her deceased husband to blackmaiI Jack into marrying her. When he dumps his sweetheart Cecily and announces his engagement to Eunice, Jack's mother realizes something is terribly amiss, and vows to investigate.
Famed Russian actress Alla Nazimova, a famiIy friend, helped Richard Barthelmess break into motion pictures, when he co-starred with her in War Brides (1916) and came to the attention of D.W. Griffith. ln 1919 he rose to fame starring in the classic Broken BIossoms and again in 1920's Way Down East, which features the iconic HolIywood scene where he leaps over ice fIoes to save the heroine from the faIIs. ln 1921 he achieved wide-spread success with Tol'abIe David, starring in a roIe many critics consider his best. Barthelmess wouId deliver powerful performances in The Patent Leather Kid (1927), The Noose (1928), The Dawn Patrol (1930) and OnIy Angels Have Wings (1939) before retiring to live off of the proceeds of his successful real estate investments. The Drop Kick features a fine supporting turn by Hedda Hopper, who wouId go on to fame as HolIywood's leading gossip columnist. |
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