The Cock-Eyed World (1929)

Two Marines are sent to South Sea island where they fight over a local island girl.

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Maxwell Anderson (story), Tom Barry (story),

Stars:

Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Lili Damita

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Victor McLaglen	...	Top Sergeant Flagg
Edmund Lowe	...	Sgt. Harry Quirt
Lili Damita	...	Mariana Elenita
Leila Karnelly	...	Olga
El Brendel	...	'Yump' Olson
Bob Burns	...	Connors
Jeanette Dagna	...	Katinka
Joe Brown	...	Brownie
Stuart Erwin	...	Buckley
Ivan Linow	...	Sanovich
Jean Laverty	...	Fanny (as Jean Barry)
Soledad Jiménez	...	Innkeeper
Curley Dresden	...	O'Sullivan (as Albert 'Curley' Dresden)
Joe Rochay	...	Jacobs
Willie Keeler	...	Brawler (as Willie 'Sugar' Keeler)

Storyline

Two Marines who spend their lives battling each other find themselves stationed in Russia, where they fight over a sexy Russian girl; from there they go to Brooklyn, where they both set their sights on a pretty blonde who flirts outrageously with both of them; and finally they wind up in a South American country where they fight for the favors of a beautiful senorita and try to put down a rebellion by the locals at the same time.

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Plot Keywords:

sequel

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 October 1929 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Cockeyed World

Filming Locations:

Mare Island Naval Yard, Vallejo, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$661,315 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (MovieTone)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Thought to be the first official movie sequel, that is, a film with the same actors reprising roles form an earlier picture (What Price Glory). This also had the same director and writers as it's progenitor.

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Connections

Featured in The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh (1973)

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Soundtracks

"Over There"
Written by George M. Cohan

User Reviews

A skillful comedy/drama of military life between the wars.

A near-remake of Walsh's 1926 WHAT PRICE GLORY, again featuring the rivalry of Marine Sergeants Quirt and Flagg, this time in Russia and Central America. In a convincingly frigid Russia, Flagg (McLaglen) tricks Quirt (Lowe) into a beating from the enormous Sanovich (Ivan Lenow),an irate boyfriend returning home early, while in Central America Quirt steals Mariana Elenita (Lily Damita, effectively vivacious) from under Flagg's nose by posing as a major. In between, on leave in New York, Flagg discovers that Quirt, far from being the big-time promoter he claims, actually runs a Coney Island Guess-Your-Weight concession, but once again the more cunning Quirt plays on Flagg's hot temper to snatch the girl. Raoul Walsh, who knew military life from the inside, celebrates the camaraderie, contempt for authority and rank, and the unflagging pursuit of booze and sex that typify the life of a professional soldier; elements that recur in almost every war film from THE BIG PARADE to M.A.S.H and JARHEAD.