{"product_id":"the-drop-kick","title":"The Drop Kick","description":"Handsome student athlete Jack Hamill is the star of the football team at Shoreham College, and the apple of his proud mother's eye. His best friend, coach Brad Hathaway, has recently married Eunice, Jack's former girlfriend. Refusing to let marriage slow her down, Eunice spends the coach's money frivolously, running up huge debts, while continuing to throw herself at Jack. A college audit shows that the coach has embezzled over ten thousand dollars from the football fund, and before the scandal goes public, he commits suicide. Eunice uses a fake letter from her deceased husband to blackmail Jack into marrying her. When he dumps his sweetheart Cecily and announces his engagement to Eunice, Jack's mother realizes something is terribly amiss, and vows to investigate.\u003cp\u003eFamed Russian actress Alla Nazimova, a family friend, helped Richard Barthelmess break into motion pictures, when he co-starred with her in \u003ci\u003eWar Brides\u003c\/i\u003e (1916) and came to the attention of D.W. Griffith. In 1919 he rose to fame starring in the classic \u003ci\u003eBroken Blossoms\u003c\/i\u003e and again in 1920's \u003ci\u003eWay Down East,\u003c\/i\u003e which features the iconic Hollywood scene where he leaps over ice floes to save the heroine from the falls. In 1921 he achieved wide-spread success with \u003ci\u003eTol'able David,\u003c\/i\u003e starring in a role many critics consider his best. Barthelmess would deliver powerful performances in \u003ci\u003eThe Patent Leather Kid\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), \u003ci\u003eThe Noose\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn Patrol\u003c\/i\u003e (1930) and \u003ci\u003eOnly Angels Have Wings\u003c\/i\u003e (1939) before retiring to live off of the proceeds of his successful real estate investments. \u003ci\u003eThe Drop Kick\u003c\/i\u003e features a fine supporting turn by Hedda Hopper, who would go on to fame as Hollywood's leading gossip columnist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802934632598,"sku":"089218732699","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218732699.jpg?v=1762209615","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/the-drop-kick","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}