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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1052

What Price Glory?

1926116 minUnited States

War Comedy Drama

Synopsis

Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt resume an old rivalry when they serve together in France during the First World War. Both pursue Charmaine, an innkeeper's daughter, but her own expectations complicate their competition. The dangers of the front eventually demand a solidarity that their personal quarrels cannot erase.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 120:46
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Raoul Walsh (1887–1980), James T. O'Donohoe (1898–1928), Malcolm Stuart Boylan (1897–1967) · Public domain

Cast

Victor McLaglen

Edmund Lowe

Dolores del Río

Phyllis Haver

DirectorsRaoul Walsh

Inspirations

Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings's play supplied the mix of military humor and wartime drama. Raoul Walsh's adaptation also became part of Fox's early experiments with synchronized film sound.

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Photograph credit

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Victor McLaglen — Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0
Edmund Lowe — David Bransby; This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsa.8b06653 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing . · Public domain
Dolores del Río — None visible, probably RKO publicity · Public domain
Phyllis Haver — James Abbe · Public domain

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