The Drop Kick
1927 Insert Poster
Directed by	Millard Webb
Written by	Winifred Dunn (scenario)
Screenplay by	Dwinelle Benthall (titles) Rufus McCosh (titles)
Based on	Glitter by Katherine Brush
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland Ray Rockett
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Barbara Kent
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson Alvin Knechtel
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	September 25, 1927 (1927-09-25)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Drop Kick (also known as Glitter in the UK) is a 1927 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.^[1][2]

Plot

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 16mm 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.^[3][4]