West Point (1928 film)

Infobox Film
name = West Point


image_size =
caption = Original theatrical poster
director = Edward Sedgwick
producer = Maj. Raymond G. Moses
United States Department of War
United States Military Academy
writer = Story & Screenplay:
Raymond L. Schrock
Titles:
Joseph Farnham
narrator =
starring = William Haines
Joan Crawford
William Bakewell
Neil Neely
music =
cinematography = Ira H. Morgan
editing = Frank Sullivan
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = flagicon|USA 8 January, 1928
runtime = 80 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
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amg_id = 1:116298
imdb_id = 0017534

"West Point" (1928) is a silent feature film starring William Haines and Joan Crawford in a story about an arrogant cadet who finds love and discipline just in time for the big Army-Navy game. The story and screenplay were written by Raymond L. Schrock with titles written by Joseph Farnham. The film was directed by Edward Sedgwick and produced by Maj. Raymond G. Moses.

Plot and cast

Arrogant and impudent Brice Wayne (Haines), a West Point cadet who is a star player on the football team, painfully learns the error of his ways when, after a year, he realizes that he hasn't acquired the proper school spirit. Dismissed from the football team shortly before the Army-Navy match, Brice resigns from the Military Academy, then retracts when his friends Tex McNeil (Bakewell) and Betty Channing (Crawford) encourage him to stay. Restored to the team, Brice scores the decisive goal in the game against Navy.

Production notes

The film was shot on location at West Point.

Reception

"Photoplay" commented, "Bill Haines' starring vehicle...treats everything in a humorous vein in the beginning, getting many laughs." [Quirk, Lawrence J.. "The Films of Joan Crawford". The Citadel Press, 1968.]

ee also

* Joan Crawford filmography

External links

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