Dress Parade (1927)
Romance | 11 November 1927
Cast:
William Boyd, Bessie Love, Hugh Allan [ More ]Director:
Donald CrispWriter:
Douglas Z. DotyCinematographer:
Peverell MarleyEditor:
Barbara HunterProduction Designer:
Mitchell LeisenProduction Company:
De Mille Pictures Corp.According to news items in LAT and NYT, the film's working title was The West Pointer. A 19 Feb 1927 pre-production news item in LAT reported that Garrett Fort was writing the screenplay and that Rod LaRocque was cast in the lead, but that role eventually went to William Boyd. The extent of Fort's contribution, if any, to the completed scenario has not been determined.
News items and reviews also noted that much of the film was shot on location at the United States Military Academy at West Point. News items also reported that the fight scene was shot at Fort Putnam at West Point. Some scenes also were shot at the De Mille Studios in Culver City, CA. It is unlikely that the film's original story, written by army officers Major Robert Glassburn and Major Alexander Chilton, was ever published.
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According to news items in LAT and NYT, the film's working title was The West Pointer. A 19 Feb 1927 pre-production news item in LAT reported that Garrett Fort was writing the screenplay and that Rod LaRocque was cast in the lead, but that role eventually went to William Boyd. The extent of Fort's contribution, if any, to the completed scenario has not been determined.
News items and reviews also noted that much of the film was shot on location at the United States Military Academy at West Point. News items also reported that the fight scene was shot at Fort Putnam at West Point. Some scenes also were shot at the De Mille Studios in Culver City, CA. It is unlikely that the film's original story, written by army officers Major Robert Glassburn and Major Alexander Chilton, was ever published.
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 ...
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.
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