Square Shoulders

Square Shoulders

Square Shoulders

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Square Shoulders

1929

0h 58m

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Crime

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Overview

Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war hero, like his father. What he doesn't know is that his father, Slag, is actually a thief and a derelict. Slag robs a factory in order to get the money to send Tad to military school, then gets a job at the academy's horse stables to be close to his son, who doesn't know he's alive.

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17 members

Acting

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Tad

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Acting

Louis Wolheim

Slag

Louis Wolheim

Acting

Philippe De Lacy

Eddie

Philippe De Lacy

Acting

Anita Louise

Mary Jane

Anita Louise

Acting

C. Montague Shaw

Cartwright

C. Montague Shaw

Acting

Maurice Black

Hook

Maurice Black

Acting

Kewpie Morgan

Delicate Don (as Allen Morgan)

Kewpie Morgan

Acting

Clarence Geldart

Commandant

Clarence Geldart

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Ray Erlenborn

Cadet (uncredited)

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Billy Lord

Cadet (uncredited)

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Kenneth McMillan

Cadet (uncredited)

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Edwin Mills

Cadet (uncredited)

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Writing

Dean Riesner

Cadet (uncredited)

Dean Riesner

Acting

Matty Roubert

Newsboy (uncredited)

Matty Roubert

Acting

Byron Sage

Cadet (uncredited)

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Paul Toien

Cadet (uncredited)

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Erich von Stroheim Jr.

Cadet (uncredited)

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