The Cock-Eyed World (1929)

Directed by

Raoul Walsh

Genre

silent film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two boisterous marines compete for the affection of a woman in a Caribbean port. The film follows their ongoing rivalry and comic misadventures.

livelycomedicupbeatlightheartedenergeticplayfulfast-pacednostalgic

What happens

The Cock-Eyed World is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code musical comedy feature film. One of the earliest "talkies", it was a sequel to What Price Glory? (1926), it was directed and written by Raoul Walsh and based on the Flagg and Quirt story by Maxwell Anderson, Tom Barry, Wilson Mizner, and Laurence Stallings. Fox Film Corporation released the film at the Roxy in New York on August 3, 1929. The film stars Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, reprising their original roles, as well as Lili Damita. The picture was also released in a silent version on October 5, 1929. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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