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The Leatherneck
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 6965 feet / 76 minutes
Directed by Howard Higgin
Cast: Alan Hale [Otto Schmidt], William Boyd [Joseph Hanlon], Robert Armstrong [William Calhoun], Fred Kohler [Heckla], Diane Ellis [Tanya], James Aldine [Tanya’s brother], Paul Weigel [Petrovitch], Jules Cowles [the cook], Wade Boteler [the top sergeant], Jack Richardson [an officer of the court-martial], Joseph Girard [an officer of the court-martial], Philo McCullough [an officer of the court-martial], Lee Shumway [an officer of the court-martial], Lloyd Whitlock [an officer of the court-martial], Mitchell Lewis [an officer of the court-martial]
Ralph Block Productions production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Screenplay by Elliott Clawson, from a screen story by Elliott Clawson. Production management by Harry H. Poppe. Properties by Allen Smiley. Song “Only for You” by Josiah Zuro, Francis Gromon and Charles Weinberg. Assistant director, Leigh Smith. Cinematography by John Mescall. Sound recording engineer, George Ellis. Film editor, Doane Harrison. Intertitles written by John Krafft (John W. Krafft). / © 26 February 1929 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP167]. Released 24 February 1929. / [?] Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 6898 feet) by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, in 1929. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: China
Listing updated: 4 October 2014.
References: Everson-American p. 288 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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