His First Command
{{short description|1929 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =His First Command
| image =File:His First Command.jpg
| caption =
| director = Gregory La Cava
| producer = Ralph Block
| based_on =
| writer =Jack Jungmeyer
James Gleason
Gregory La Cava
| narrator =
| starring = William Boyd
Dorothy Sebastian
Gavin Gordon
| music =
| cinematography = John J. Mescall
Arthur C. Miller
| editing = Doane Harrison
| studio = Pathé Exchange
| distributor = Pathé Exchange
| released ={{Film date|1929|12|28}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
His First Command is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy action film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian and Gavin Gordon.Munden p.352 Location shooting took place at Fort Riley in Kansas. The film featured color sequences in Multicolor.
Synopsis
File:His First Command (1929).webm
A playboy falls in love with the daughter of the commandant of an American post. He enlists in order to be close to her, but soon finds that his manners irritate the other soldiers.
Cast
- William Boyd as Terry Culver
- Dorothy Sebastian as Judy Gaylord
- Gavin Gordon as Lt. Freddie Allen
- Helen Parrish as Jane Sargent
- Alphonse Ethier as Col. Gaylord
- Howard Hickman as Maj. Hall
- Paul Hurst as Sgt. Westbrook
- Jules Cowles as Cpl. Jones
- Rose Tapley as Mrs. Pike
- Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Sargent
- Charles R. Moore as Homer
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- {{IMDb title|0019987}}
{{Gregory La Cava}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American comedy films
Category:Films directed by Gregory La Cava
Category:English-language comedy films
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