''Her Man o' War'' is a 1926 American
silent war
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drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Frank Urson
Frank John Urson (March 21, 1887 – August 17, 1928) was an American silent film Film director, director and cinematographer from Chicago, Illinois. Originally a photographer, he moved on to cinematography and film directing for the Thanhouser C ...
and starring
Jetta Goudal,
William Boyd and
Jimmie Adams
James B. Adams (October 4, 1888 – December 19, 1933) was an American silent-screen comedian and actor.
Career
In 1921, Adams starred in two-reel comedies for Educational Pictures and Al Christie. The slightly built, pencil-mustached Adams ...
.
[Goble p.240]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Max Parker.
Synopsis
After being captured during
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, an American prisoner is sent to work on a small farm run by a young woman.
Cast
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Jetta Goudal as Cherie Schultz
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William Boyd as Jim Sanderson
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Jimmie Adams
James B. Adams (October 4, 1888 – December 19, 1933) was an American silent-screen comedian and actor.
Career
In 1921, Adams starred in two-reel comedies for Educational Pictures and Al Christie. The slightly built, pencil-mustached Adams ...
as Shorty Flynn
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Grace Darmond as Countess of Lederbon
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Kay Deslys
Kay Deslys (28 September 1899, in London – 15 August 1974 in West Covina, California) was an English comedy actress, based in the United States from the 1920s on.
Born as Kathleen Herbert in London, one of her earliest roles was in Charlie Cha ...
as Big Bertha
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Frank Reicher
Frank Reicher (born Franz Reichert; December 2, 1875 – January 19, 1965) was a German-born American actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 film ''King Kong''.
Early life
Reicher was born in M ...
as Prof. Krantz
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Michael Vavitch
Mikhail Vavich () was a Russian actor, operetta and singer.
Biography
Mikhail first performed in 1905 on stage at St. Petersburg in a private operetta of Petr Tumpakov. He received recognition in 1906 after performing the role of the Viscount Ca ...
as Col. Prittwitz
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Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer.
Life and career
Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. After ...
as Field Marshall
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Frank Coghlan Jr. as Peterkin Schultz
Preservation
A complete
16 mm
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print of ''Her Man o' War'' is held by the
UCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the film preservation, preservation, film studies, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
As a nonpro ...
.
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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''Her Man o' War''at
AFI
1926 films
1920s war drama films
Adaptations of works by Frederick J. Jackson
American silent feature films
Films directed by Frank Urson
American black-and-white films
Producers Distributing Corporation films
American World War I films
1926 drama films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
Silent American war drama films
English-language war drama films
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