Carry on, Sergeant! (1928 film)

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For the 1958 film, see Carry On Sergeant.
Carry on, Sergeant!
Directed byBruce Bairnsfather
Written byBruce Bairnsfather
Produced byBruce Bairnsfather
StarringHugh Buckler


Cinematography
Edited byBruce Bairnsfather &
Music by
Release date
  • November 10, 1928 (1928-11-10)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish (silent)

Carry On, Sergeant! is a 1928 Canadian World War I drama, and is considered to be one of the earliest Canadian feature-length motion pictures. Costing half-a-million to make, it certainly was the most expensive.

Plot[]

Carry On, Sergeant! is the story of four friends who join the army to fight in the First World War. After years of trench warfare, one of the men (Hugh Buckler) meets a French woman working the taverns. He sleeps with her, but is overcome with guilt and is later killed in battle. His wife () back home believes he died a hero and remembers him with love. This sentimental film, which doesn't back away from the unpleasant – it was harshly criticized for the affair between a Canadian soldier and a 'prostitute' – was released at the end of the silent era and after only a brief theatrical run it disappeared from view. It was revived in the 1970s when the National Archives of Canada struck a new print.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-8020-8398-6.
  2. ^ Censored! Only in Canada by Malcolm Dean, Virgo Press, 1981.

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