Always Kickin' is a 19 minute sports-themed comedy film released in 1932. It was an
E.W. Hammons
Earle W. Hammons, known professionally as E. W. Hammons (December 2, 1882 – July 31, 1962), was an American film producer, . He produced more than 220 films between 1921 and 1938.
Biography
Born in Winona, Mississippi, in 1882, Hammons f ...
production with
Educational Pictures distributing. The film's actors included
Jim Thorpe as himself in a supporting role as football coach. The leading actors were
Eugene Pallette,
Lucile Webster Gleason,
Russell Gleason and
Eddie Dunn. It was directed by
James Gleason. The story was by
Charles W. Paddock.
According to
IMDb
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, The two reel short is part of a trilogy of sports themed movies written by Paddock and released by
Educational Films Corporation
Educational Pictures, also known as Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. or Educational Films Corporation of America, was an American film production and film distributor, film distribution company founded in 1916 by E. W. Hammons, Earle (E. W.) Hammo ...
. The others were ''
Off His Base'' guest starring baseball player
Mike Donlin
Michael Joseph Donlin (May 30, 1878 – September 24, 1933) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and actor. As a professional baseball player, his MLB career spanned from 1899 to 1914 in which he played mainly in the National ...
with a cameo from Jim Thorpe, and ''
A Hockey Hick
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''ae ...
''.
See also
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Educational film
References
1932 films
American sports comedy films
American black-and-white films
1930s sports comedy films
1930s American films
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