The Forward Pass (1929)





Doug Fairbanks, Jr., looks like a real college football hero, and that's a lot to say for the film boys. This is a bright, entertaining picture, unusually well acted by young Doug, Loretta Young, Guinn Williams and "Peanuts" Byron — the last-named little girl sneaking a song or two across the goal line. You will find this a nice, peppy film, notable for its youthful charm.

Photoplay February 1930



Vintage magazines

Photoplay , December 1929
Photoplay , December 1929
Photoplay , February 1930

Photoplay , February 1930

Books with substantial mentioning of The Forward Pass

Fred Landesman
The John Wayne Filmography
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2004

Edwin M. Bradley
The first Hollywood musicals, A critical filmography of 171 features, 1927 through 1932
Jefferson, N.C., 1996
pp. 157-158 info