Always Kickin'

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Always Kickin' is a 19 minute sports-themed comedy film released in 1932. It was an E.W. Hammons production with Educational Pictures distributing. The film's actors included Jim Thorpe as himself in a supporting role as football coach.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} The leading actors were Eugene Pallette, Lucile Webster Gleason, Russell Gleason and Eddie Dunn. It was directed by James Gleason.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFE_DwAAQBAJ&q=always+kickin%27+1932&pg=PP134|title=Also Starring...: Forty Biographical Essays on the Greatest Character Actors of Hollywood's Golden Era, 1930-1965|first1=Cynthia|last1=Brideson|first2=Sara|last2=Brideson|date=August 13, 2016|publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}} The story was by Charles W. Paddock.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BNFDAAAAIAAJ&q=always+kickin%27+1932&pg=PA91|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries|first=Library of Congress Copyright|last=Office|date=October 29, 2018|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}}

According to IMDb, The two reel short is part of a trilogy of sports themed movies written by Paddock and released by Educational Films Corporation. The others were Off His Base guest starring baseball player Mike Donlin with a cameo from Jim Thorpe, and A Hockey Hick.