''Dugan of the Dugouts'' is a 1928 American silent

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directed by Bobby Ray and starring

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, Danny O'Shea and

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.Munden p.206 It was one of two films directed by Ray, a former silent-era film comedian, who later worked as an assistant director.

Synopsis

Because his girlfriend likes the look of a uniform, a young man enlists in the army. They both then get caught up in a foreign spy ring.

Cast

as Betty * Danny O'Shea as Danny Dugan *

as Sgt. Davis *

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as Capt. von Brinken * Sid Smith as Danny's Buddy *

Alice Knowland Alice Knowland (1879-1930) was an American actress active during Hollywood's silent era. She specialized in playing motherly roles. Biography Knowland was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, to Herbert Knowland and Fannie Warren. She told reporter ...

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Bobby Ray American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub