Square Shoulders

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Square Shoulders
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Directed by E. Mason Hopper
Written by George Dromgold
Houston Branch
Peggy Prior
John W. Krafft
Produced by Paul Bern
Starring Frank Coghlan Jr.
Louis Wolheim
Anita Louise
Cinematography David Abel
Edited by Barbara Hunter
Music by Josiah Zuro
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • March 10, 1929 (1929-03-10)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Square Shoulders is a 1929 American silent crime drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Frank Coghlan Jr., Louis Wolheim and Anita Louise. [1]

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Synopsis

After returning from fighting in World War I, a man falls into bad company with some criminals. Sometime later he returns to his hometown and discovers that his wife has died and his son Tad is now an orphan. He raises the funds to send Tad to a military school without letting him know his true identity. When his former criminal associates blackmail him into taking part in a robbery of the school, they are confronted by Tad. His father takes a bullet intended for him and dies.

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  1. Munden p.760

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