Film version of the 1928 Rodgers and Hart Broadway musical "Present Arms" concerning Chick Evans, a Marine private in Honolulu who falls for society girl Delphine Witherspoon and schemes how to to win her .His first plan involves impersonating an officer to get invited to a society party.
Okay, so "Leathernecking." It's a 1928 film, which means you're really stepping back in time. The sound quality, for one, is often... charming. You catch bits of dialogue, then it's like someone turned the faucet off for a second, then it's back. Very early talkie vibes, you know? 🎙️ Our main guy, Chick Evans (played ...
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Edward F. Cline
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"Okay, so "Leathernecking." It's a 1928 film, which means you're really stepping back in time. The sound quality, for one, is often... charming. You catch bits of dialogue, then it's like someone turned the faucet off for a second, then it's back. Very early talkie vibes, you know? 🎙️ Our main guy, Chick Evans (played by Eddie Foy Jr., who's got this kind of restless, almost frenetic energy), is head-over-heels for Delphine Witherspoon. She's got money, she's got class, and Chick, well, he's jus..."
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Alfred Jackson, Herbert Fields, John W. Krafft
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