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His First Command
(1929) United States of America
Color/B&W : Seven reels / 5850 feet
Directed by Gregory La Cava

Cast: William Boyd [Terry Culver], Dorothy Sebastian [Judy Gaylord], Gavin Gordon [Lieutenant Freddie Allen], Helen Parrish [Jane Sargent], Alphonse Ethier [Colonel Gaylord], Howard Hickman (Howard C. Hickman) [Major Hall], Paul Hurst [Sergeant Westbrook], Jules Cowles [Corporal Jones], Rose Tapley [Mrs. Pike], Mabel Van Buren [Mrs. Sargent], Charles Moore (Charles R. Moore) [Homer], Jack Pennick [a rookie], Jack Raymond [a rookie]

Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Associate producer, Ralph Block. Screenplay by Jack Jungmeyer and James Gleason, with dialogue by Jack Jungmeyer and James Gleason, from a screen story by Jack Jungmeyer and James Gleason. Production management by Harry Poppe. Art direction by Edward Jewell. Assistant director, Paul Jones. Technical direction by Charles Maigne. Technical advisor, Schuyler E. Grey. Cinematography by Arthur C. Miller and John J. Mescall. Sound recording by Earl A. Wolcott and D.A. Cutler. Film editor, Doane Harrison. / © 2 February 1930 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP1046]. Released 28 December 1929. / [?] Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Technicolor two-strip color process sequences. RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version at 5577 feet. / Full-sound film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist [16mm reduction positives (black & white only)].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Animals: Cats, Horses - Color cinematography - Soldiers - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 21 January 2018.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Basten-Technicolor p. 170 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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