From Headquarters (1929)
He had fought to victory in every army in Central America, but had lost the battle of life and love!
United States Marine Corps Captain "Happy" Smith and Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer lead a squadron of Marines in a search of a party of American tourists lost in a Central America banana republic jungle.
- Date of release
- 1929-04-27
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Howard Bretherton
Casting
- Monte Blue — Happy Smith
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams — Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer
- Gladys Brockwell — Mary Dyer
- Ethlyne Clair — Innocencia
- Lionel Belmore — Señor Carroles
- Henry B. Walthall — Buffalo Bill Ryan
- Eddie Gribbon — Pvt. Murphy
- Pat Hartigan — Spike Connelly
- John Kelly — O'Farrell
- Otto Lederer — Bugs McGuire
- William Irving — Fritz
- Pat Somerset — Hendricks
Interesting facts
From Headquarters is a 1929 American sound part-talkie adventure drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Gladys Brockwell, Lionel Belmore, and Henry B. Walthall. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, 60 percent of the total running time featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 27, 1929.
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