The Leatherneck (1929)

192953mdir. Howard HigginUnited Statesdrama filmsilent film

With William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, Alan Hale, Fred Kohler, Jack Richardson, Joseph W. Girard, Mitchell Lewis, Paul Weigel

Directed by Howard Higgin

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The Leatherneck is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Howard Higgin. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Prints of the film exist in the archives of the Library of Congress and at the George Eastman Museum.

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