Two brothers on leave fall for the same girl in World War I London.Two brothers on leave fall for the same girl in World War I London.Two brothers on leave fall for the same girl in World War I London.
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- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
- Cuthbert - Pub Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Sylvia
- (uncredited)
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
- Archie
- (uncredited)
- British Soldier at the Front
- (uncredited)
- Minor Role
- (unconfirmed)
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- Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub
- (uncredited)
- Girl at Party
- (uncredited)
- Joe - News Vendor
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to a contemporary article in Film Daily, First National constructed its largest set up to that time, for the exterior, interior and garden of an English country home.
- GoofsThe famous song "My Buddy" is played in this film set in World War 1 but it wasn't written till 1922, four years after the end of the war.
- Quotes
Archie: Oh, by Jove, glad you mentioned it, old boy. She wrote and asked me down on Saturday. Said, eh, said she was having some friends for the week-end.
Tom Ingleside: Yes?
Archie: Eh, oh, eh, oh, eh, look here, dear old boy, I, I, I shouldn't have told you that. Eh, this puts me up the pole, most frightfully.
Tom Ingleside: How's that?
Archie: Eh, your mother said it was to be a surprise.
Tom Ingleside: Well, that's alright. I won't let you down. I'll be surprised.
Archie: That's awful descent of you, old boy. Awfully! Well, I must be toddling. See you on Saturday! Toodle-loo.
- SoundtracksMy Buddy
(1922) (uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Played as background music when Jack returns to Tom at the front
The battle scenes are impressively cinematic, well-staged and photographed in the D.W. Griffith mold, but what comes between them is very uneven.
The British accents come and go and the acting is stagy. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is engaging as a rake at the beginning but can't encompass the deeper emotions towards the end. Rose Hobart is much better at playing resentment and bitterness than romance, which is my guess why she slid from lead to character woman so quickly. Anthony Bushell is a wet noodle as the stolid brother, which is probably right, but no fun to watch.
And what was this project doing at First National (Warners) anyway? Paramount or MGM could function well with a bunch of rowdy English aristocrats at play, but they might as well be moon-men to the studio home of Jimmy Cagney and Edward G. A tommy-gun or malicious half-grapefruit would have helped this film immensely.
So, interesting as an awkward curio, but constipated compared to the great silent WWI films like The Big Parade or What Price Glory? and clumsy compared to the great talkies that would accompany WWII.
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- May 25, 2003
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- Ingen mans land
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- Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA(ocean scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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