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The Second in Command (1915)

The Second in Command poster
Directed by
William Bowman
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
45 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British army officer finds himself second in command at a foreign post. He must navigate romance and military duty amid social expectations.

old-fashioneddramaticromanticslow-pacedseriousformaltheatricalaristocratic

What happens

The Second in Command is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by William J. Bowman and starring Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow. The film is based on a 1901 Broadway play of the same name by Robert Marshall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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