Do Your Duty

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Do Your Duty
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Directed by William Beaudine
Written by Julien Josephson
Casey Robinson
Vernon Smith
Gene Towne
Starring Charles Murray
CinematographyMike Joyce
Edited by Stuart Heisler
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release date
  • October 14, 1928 (1928-10-14)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Do Your Duty is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. [1] [2] This is lost film. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Sandra Brennan (2013). "Do Your Duty". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Do Your Duty
  3. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Do Your Duty
  4. Do Your Duty at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files:lost First National films - 1928 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine