What Price Glory? (1926 film)
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What Price Glory is a film that has been made twice, based on a 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings.[1] The first version was released in 1926 and the second version in 1952. Both versions follow the same general plot.
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[edit] Plot
Flagg and Quirt are veteran United States Marines sergeants whose rivalry dates back a number of years. Flagg is commissioned a Captain, is in command of a company on the front lines of France during World War I. Sergeant Quirt is assigned to Flagg's unit as the senior non-commissioned officer. Flagg and Quirt quickly resume their rivalry which this time takes its form over the affections of Charmaine, the daughter of the local innkeeper. However, Charmaine's desire for a husband and the reality of war give the two men a common cause.
[edit] 1926 version
| What Price Glory | |
| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
|---|---|
| Written by | Maxwell Anderson (play) Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
| Starring | Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Dolores del Río |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
| Release date(s) | 1926 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
| Followed by | The Cock-Eyed World |
The 1926 version was a silent, black and white film. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and released by Fox Film Corporation on 23 November 1926 (US). It had a 116 minute running time. Part of its fame revolves around the fact that the characters can supposedly be seen mouthing profanities which are not reflected in the intertitles, but which can be deciphered if one is good at lip-reading.
[edit] Cast
- Edmund Lowe as 1st Sergeant Quirt
- Victor McLaglen as Captain Flagg
- Dolores del Río as Charmaine de la Cognac
- William V. Mong as Cognac Pete
- Phyllis Haver as Shanghai Mabel
- Elena Jurado as Carmen, Philippine girl
- Leslie Fenton as Lieutenant Moore
- Barry Norton as Private 'Mother's Boy' Lewisohn
- Sammy Cohen as Private Lipinsky
- Ted McNamara as Private Kiper
- August Tollaire as French Mayor
- Mathilde Comont as Camille, fat lady
- Patrick Rooney (billed as Pat Rooney)
as Mulcahy
[edit] Sequels
- The Cock-Eyed World (1928) (directed by Raoul Walsh)
- Women of All Nations (1931) (directed by Raoul Walsh)
- The Stolen Jools (1931) (cameo)
- Hot Pepper (1932)
In 1942 Lowe and McLaglen played two similar Marines in RKO's Call Out the Marines
[edit] References
- ^ Arthur Gewirtz, James J. Kolb (2004). Art, Glitter, and Glitz: Mainstream Playwrights and Popular Theatre in 1920s America. Praeger/GreenwoodPlays. ISBN 0313324670. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0313324670&id=zrJfQro64mAC&pg=RA1-PA77&lpg=RA1-PA77&dq=%22What+Price+Glory%3F%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=4HBjYDfkSMBvtj5e5NWcukyCi70.
