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The Forward Pass
“The first football romance ever Vitaphoned.”
90%
Movie
1h 18m
AI Analysis
The Forward Pass (1929) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Forward Pass (1929) — a movie tagged as Drama and Romance with emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the game forever. Ed Kirby, who dislikes Reid, calls him yellow, and Wilson gets Patricia Carlyle, the college vamp, to induce … Our models also surface themes such as love from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~78 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Forward Pass 90% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the game forever. Ed Kirby, who dislikes Reid, calls him yellow, and Wilson gets Patricia Carlyle, the college vamp, to induce Reid to play. At a sorority dance, where only football players can cut in, Kirby persecutes Reid by dancing with Pat, and as a result Reid does apply to play in the game.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1929-11-10
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- TMDB rating
- 9.0
- TMDB ID
- 283842
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What is The Forward Pass about?
Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the gam... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie The Forward Pass?
The official runtime for The Forward Pass is approximately 78 minutes.
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