The Cock-Eyed World
1929 film directed by Raoul Walsh
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The Cock-Eyed World is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy feature film. One of the earliest "talkies", it was a sequel to What Price Glory? (1926), it was directed and written by Raoul Walsh and based on the Flagg and Quirt story by Maxwell Anderson, Tom Barry, Wilson Mizner, and Laurence Stallings. Fox Film Corporation released the film at the Roxy in New York on August 3, 1929.[3]
William K. Wells
Wilbur Morse Jr.
Maxwell Anderson
Wilson Mizner
Laurence Stallings
Tom Barry
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Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Written by | Raoul Walsh William K. Wells Wilbur Morse Jr. Maxwell Anderson Wilson Mizner Laurence Stallings Tom Barry |
| Starring | Victor McLaglen Edmund Lowe Lili Damita |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Jack Dennis |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.7 million[1][2] |
The film stars Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, reprising their original roles, as well as Lili Damita.[4] The picture was also released in a silent version on October 5, 1929.[5]
Plot
Flagg (Victor McLaglen) and Quirt (Edmund Lowe) find themselves transferred from Russia to Brooklyn to South America, in each place squaring off over a local beauty.
The film remains one of the earliest screen sequels to be a critical and popular success with the two lead actors playing the same characters, as well as the original writers and director intact from the first picture.
Cast
- Victor McLaglen as Top Sergeant Flagg
- Edmund Lowe as Sergeant Harry Quirt
- Lili Damita as Mariana Elenita
- Leila Karnelly as Olga
- El Brendel as 'Yump' Olson
- Joe Brown as Brownie
- Stuart Erwin as Buckley
Opening week record
Gallery
The Cock-Eyed World ad in The Film Daily, 1929
Damita and McLaglen
Lili Damita and Victor McLaglen in The Cock-Eyed World
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