The Unknown Soldier | |
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Directed by | Renaud Hoffman |
Screenplay by | Richard Schayer James J. Tynan |
Produced by | Renaud Hoffman |
Starring | Charles Emmett Mack Marguerite De La Motte Henry B. Walthall Claire McDowell George Cooper |
Cinematography | Ray June |
Production companies | Charles R. Rogers Productions Renaud Hoffman Productions |
Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Unknown Soldier is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, written by Richard Schayer and James J. Tynan, and starring Charles Emmett Mack, Marguerite De La Motte, Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, and George Cooper. It was released on May 30, 1926, by Producers Distributing Corporation. [1] [2] [3]
The plot involves an American soldier heroically dying alone during World War I with a faint suggestion that he may be interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which had been dedicated in 1921.
The film was shown at a Los Angeles theater with a happy ending where De La Motte's character Mary stood at an alter for a mythical marriage and at the end her soldier Fred appears. A second version was later shown where the soldier never returns, leaving the young woman standing alone in a fade out, which patrons of the theater preferred. Director Renaud Hoffman stated that the later version was what he intended, and wanted it shown that way nationwide. [4]
Prints of The Unknown Soldier survive in the Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and in a foreign archive. [5]
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