What Price Glory? (1926 film)
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German language release poster
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Written by |
James T. O'Donohoe (scenario) Malcolm Stuart Boylan (intertitles) |
| Based on |
What Price Glory? by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings |
| Starring |
Victor McLaglen Edmund Lowe Dolores del Río Phyllis Haver |
| Music by |
Ernö Rapée Lew Pollack |
| Cinematography |
Barney McGill John Marta John Smith |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time
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116 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
| Box office | $2 million |
What Price Glory is a 1926 American silent comedy-drama war film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Raoul Walsh. The film is based on the 1924 play What Price Glory by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings and was remade in 1952 as What Price Glory starring James Cagney.Malcolm Stuart Boylan, founder of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, was title writer on the silent Fox attraction.
Flagg and Quirt are veteran United States Marines sergeants whose rivalry dates back a number of years. Flagg is commissioned a Captain, he 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.
The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and released as a silent film by Fox Film Corporation on November 23, 1926 in the US, and had a 116-minute running time. On January 21, 1927, a short film of singer Raquel Meller was shown before this feature at the Sam H. Harris Theater in New York City. The short film, not quite synchronized, was the first public presentation of a film in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system. In January 1927, Fox re-released What Price Glory? with synchronized sound effects and music in the Movietone system.
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