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Edmund Lowe (left), Phyllis Haver and Victor McLaglen.
Photograph by Max Munn Autrey;
Silent Era image collection.
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What Price Glory?
(1926) United States of America
B&W : 12 reels / [?] 11,109 or 11,400? feet
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Cast: Victor McLaglen [Captain Flagg], Edmund Lowe [Sergeant Harry Quirt], Dolores Del Rio [Charmaine de la Cognac], William V. Mong [Cognac Pete], Phyllis Haver [?] [Hilda of China or Shanghai Mabel]?, Elena Jurado [Carmen], Leslie Fenton [Lieutenant Moore], August Tollaire [the French mayor], Barry Norton [Private Kenneth ‘Mother’s Boy’ Lewisohn], Sammy Cohen [Private Lipinsky], Ted McNamara [Private Kiper], Mathilde Comont [Camille, the cook], Pat Rooney (Patrick Rooney) [Mulcahy], J. Carrol Naish [a French soldier], Jack Pennick [an American soldier], Clarence Wilson [a waiter at the cafe], Lily Tietelbaum
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [Raoul Walsh Production]. / Scenario by J.T. O’Donohoe (James T. O’Donohoe), from the play What Price Glory? by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings. Wardrobe by Sam Benson. Property master, Don B. Greenwood. Technical consultant, Salvatore A. Capodice. Special effects foreman, Harry Redmond Sr. Special effects crew, L.B. Abbott. Assistant director, Daniel Keefe. Second unit director, [?] John Ford? Cinematography by Barney McGill, Jack A. Marta (John Marta) and John Smith. Intertitles written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. Music score by Erno Rapee; song “Charmaine” by Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack. Presented by William Fox. / © 4 December 1926 by Fox Film Corporation [LP23393]. Premiered 19 November 1926 at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Premiered 23 November 1926 in New York, New York. General release, 28 August 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA by Fox Film Corporation in January 1927, with Movietone synchronized music and sound effects. McLaglen and Lowe portrayed the same characters in the sequel The Cock-Eyed World (1929).
Comedy-Drama: War: World War I.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Americans (Abroad) - China - Early sound film - Families: Mother-son relationships - France - Philippines - Rivalries - Soldiers - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)
Listing updated: 27 December 2024.
References: Film viewing : Bohn-Light p. xxiii; Brownlow-Behind pp. 20, 23; Brownlow-Parade p. 296; Cooper-Dark p. 114; Eames-MGM p. 36; Everson-American pp. 283, 292; Everson-Detective p. 88; Gallagher-Ford p. 48; Geduld-Birth p. 146; Limbacher-Feature p. 272; Parish-Combat pp. 57, 440-442, 443, 444; Parish-Gangster p. 53; Shipman-Cinema pp. 92, 97; Sinyard-Silent p. 67; Sweeney-Coming p. 113; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 31, 32, 184, 200; Webb-Hollywood p. 22 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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