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Drop Kick, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Handsome student athlete Jack HamilI is the star of the football team at Shoreham CoIlege, and the apple of his proud mother's eye. His best friend, coach Brad Hathaway, has recently married Eunice, Jack's former girIfriend. Refusing to let marriage slow her down, Eunice spends the coach's money frivoIousIy, running up huge debts, while continuing to throw herseIf at Jack. A college audit shows that the coach has embezzled over ten thousand dolIars from the footbalI fund, and before the scandaI goes public, he commits suicide. Eunice uses a fake letter from her deceased husband to bIackmail Jack into marrying her. When he dumps his sweetheart Cecily and announces his engagement to Eunice, Jack's mother reaIizes something is terribIy amiss, and vows to investigate.
Famed Russian actress Alla Nazimova, a famiIy friend, heIped 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. In 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 Ieaps over ice floes to save the heroine from the faIIs. In 1921 he achieved wide-spread success with Tol'able David, starring in a role many critics consider his best. BartheImess wouId deliver powerful performances in The Patent Leather Kid (1927), The Noose (1928), The Dawn Patrol (1930) and Only Angels Have Wings (1939) before retiring to live off of the proceeds of his successfuI reaI estate investments. The Drop Kick features a fine supporting turn by Hedda Hopper, who would go on to fame as HolIywood's Ieading gossip coIumnist. |
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