The plot for "The Drop Kick" is quite strange...and Richard Barthelmess oddly cast as a football hero. As a result, it's decent and watchable...but absolutely nothing more.
The story is set at Shoreham College where Jack (Barthelmess) is the star kicker and all-around swell guy. What he and the other players on the team do not know is that the coach is married to a hellishly evil woman....and just how evil and manipulative you'll have to see for yourself. I'd say more but don't want to ruin the surprises...and there are many. Suffice to say by the end, Jack AND his mommy save the day!
Richard Barthelmess was in his 30s and was hardly an imposing figure at barely 5'9" and I'm guessing about 150 pounds. Nevertheless, he was a popular silent and early sound film star and he did fine here in this most unusual and occasionally bizarre film.
The story is set at Shoreham College where Jack (Barthelmess) is the star kicker and all-around swell guy. What he and the other players on the team do not know is that the coach is married to a hellishly evil woman....and just how evil and manipulative you'll have to see for yourself. I'd say more but don't want to ruin the surprises...and there are many. Suffice to say by the end, Jack AND his mommy save the day!
Richard Barthelmess was in his 30s and was hardly an imposing figure at barely 5'9" and I'm guessing about 150 pounds. Nevertheless, he was a popular silent and early sound film star and he did fine here in this most unusual and occasionally bizarre film.