Anybody's War

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Anybody's War
Directed by Richard Wallace
Screenplay by Lloyd Corrigan
Hector Turnbull
Walter Weems
StarringGeorge Moran
Charles Mack
Joan Peers
Neil Hamilton
Walter Weems
Betty Farrington
CinematographyAllen G. Siegler
Edited by Otho Lovering
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 10, 1930 (1930-07-10)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Anybody's War is a 1930 American pre-Code Two Black Crows comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Hector Turnbull and Walter Weems. The film stars George Moran, Charles Mack, Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton, Walter Weems and Betty Farrington. The film was released on July 10, 1930, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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The film features Moran and Mack in blackface going to the frontline of the war in France and involved in a love story. The film is an adaptation Charles E. Mack's Two Black Crows in the A.E.F. [3] Columbia Records published a recording of the performers acting out the show. [4]

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References

  1. "Movie Review - - THE SCREEN; A War in Blackface". The New York Times . Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  2. "Anybody's War (1930) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  3. Mavis, Paul (June 8, 2015). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-0427-5.
  4. TWO BLACK CROWS IN THE AEF by Moran and Mack c.1928 , retrieved September 5, 2023