His First Command (Reel 4) (1929-12-28, silent)

Description: Reel 4 of 6, in very poor condition.

Synopsis of entire film:
"A playboy falls in love with the daughter of the commandant of an American post. He enlists in order to be close to her, but soon finds that his manners irritate the other soldiers."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_First_Command
accessed 12/11/2023

Can notes: "No. 9059 / Pr 1 / Reels 6 / reel No. 4"

Ends abruptly because film is very warped and crumbled at end of reel during scan.

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Subjects: 1920s, Social classes

Tags: horse riding; horses; intertitles; decayed film; shrunken film; soldier with horse; Black domestic worker; warped film; closeup hand knocking on door

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Pathé Exchange

Credits: Directed by Gregory La Cava
Written by Jack Jungmeyer, James Gleason, Gregory La Cava
Produced by Ralph Block

Cast:
William Boyd as Terry Culver
Dorothy Sebastian as Judy Gaylord
Gavin Gordon as Lt. Freddie Allen
Helen Parrish as Jane Sargent
Alphonse Ethier as Col. Gaylord
Howard Hickman as Maj. Hall
Paul Hurst as Sgt. Westbrook
Jules Cowles as Cpl. Jones
Rose Tapley as Mrs. Pike
Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Sargent
Charles R. Moore as Homer

Distributor: Pathe Exchange

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1929-12-28

Geographical Location:

Genre/Form: short, silent, fiction

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print, positive

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 297