The Cock-Eyed World
The Cock-Eyed World | |
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Fox Film Corporation | |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.7 million[1][2] |
The Cock-Eyed World is a 1929 American
The film stars Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, reprising their original roles, as well as Lili Damita.[4] The picture was also released in a silent version on October 5, 1929.[5]
Plot
Flagg (Victor McLaglen) and Quirt (Edmund Lowe) find themselves transferred from Russia to Brooklyn to South America, in each place squaring off over a local beauty.
The film remains one of the earliest screen sequels to a critical and popular success with the two lead actors playing the same characters, as well as the original writers and director intact from the first picture.
Cast
- Top SergeantFlagg
- Edmund Lowe as Sergeant Harry Quirt
- Lili Damita as Mariana Elenita
- Leila Karnelly as Olga
- El Brendel as 'Yump' Olson
- Joe Brownas Brownie
- Stuart Erwin as Buckley
Opening week record
According to Variety, the film beat every known gross for any box office attraction throughout the world with a reported first week gross of $173,391 at the Roxy.[6] It grossed another record $173,667 in its second week.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. March 4, 1944. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) pg. 942; accessed April 19, 2014.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ The Cock-Eyed World profile, silentera.com; accessed September 10, 2016.
- ^ "Fox's World High, $173,391" Variety, August 14, 1929 Page 9
- ^ Variety, August 21, 1929, p. 9.
External links
- The Cock-Eyed World at the TCM Movie Database
- The Cock-Eyed World at IMDb
- The Cock-Eyed World at AllMovie