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Annapolis (1928)

Annapolis poster
Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man enters the United States Naval Academy and faces the rigors of training and personal challenges. He must prove himself to his peers and superiors while navigating a budding romance.

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What happens

Annapolis is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was recorded using the Photophone sound system. It stars Johnny Mack Brown, Jeanette Loff and Hugh Allan. Prints and incomplete prints exist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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