Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.
Writing
Broadway farce structure, every line a setup or payoff.
Acting
Norman Kerry's swagger vs. Edmund Goulding's nervous collapse.
Director
George Fitzmaurice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when WWI amnesia cases and 'lost' soldiers were still newspaper fixtures — the premise hit uncomfortably close to home for 1922 audiences.
Edmund Goulding, who plays Jimmy, would later become a major director — Grand Hotel, Dark Victory — making this a rare acting fossil from his early career.
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