Dress Parade


1h 12m 1927

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 11, 1927
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 29 Oct 1927
Production Company
De Mille Pictures
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Raw Material" by Major Alexander Chilton, Major Robert Glassburn and Herbert David Walter (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 12m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,599ft (7 reels)

Synopsis

Vic Donovan, an amateur middleweight champion en route to a training camp, stops at West Point to see dress parade and falls for the commandant's daughter, Janet Cleghorne, who snubs him; and he is rebuked by Stuart Haldane, a cadet, for forcing his attentions on her. During the training period, Vic studies diligently and through political influence wins an appointment to the Academy, where he assumes a patronizing attitude; however, he is soon put in place by upperclassmen Dusty Dawson and Mealy Snodgrass as an ordinary plebe. An intense rivalry ensues for the attentions of Janet between Vic and Haldane, and when the latter is injured in a sham battle, Vic saves his life. Haldane is subject to dismissal, but Vic admits his responsibility for the accident and is given another chance, thus winning the heart of the girl.

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 11, 1927
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 29 Oct 1927
Production Company
De Mille Pictures
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Raw Material" by Major Alexander Chilton, Major Robert Glassburn and Herbert David Walter (publication undetermined).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 12m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,599ft (7 reels)

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