A Soldier's Plaything (1930)
- Directed by
- Michael Curtiz
- Genre
- drama film, comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two soldiers get into comedic mischief during World War I. The story follows their romantic and military mishaps.
light-heartedwhimsicaldatedbreezynostalgicplayfulsillyepisodic
What happens
A Soldier's Plaything is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film with songs directed by Michael Curtiz. Warner Bros. Pictures filmed it simultaneously in 35mm and in a widescreen process called Vitascope, but it is uncertain whether the Vitascope version was ever released. The film was planned as a full-scale musical comedy, but most of the musical numbers were cut out before general release in the United States, because the public had grown tired of musicals by late 1930. This accounts for the short length of the film. The complete film was released intact in other countries where audiences still appreciated musicals. It is unknown whether a copy of the full version still exists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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