The Gay Retreat (1927)
HOLY MACKERELL! WHAT FUN! The GAY RETREAT With Those Two Dizzy Doughboy Comedians of "What Price Glory"
60 min
Rich boy Dick Wright, rejected by both the Army and the Navy because he is a sleepwalker, joins an ambulance unit during the war with his chauffeur and valet tagging along to protect him. They accidentally get aboard a regular troop train, arriving in France as members of the U. S. Army. Following a series of comic adventures with a hard-boiled sergeant, Ted and Sam succeed in capturing a detachment of Germans, receiving decorations for their bravery. Along the way, the boys engage in romantic interludes with Betty and Joan, respectively American and French.
- Release date
- September 25, 1927
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Gene Cameron as Richard Wright
- Betty Francisco as Betty Burnett
- Judy King as Joan Moret
- Sammy Cohen as Sam Nosenbloom
- Jerry Madden as Jerry
- Holmes Herbert as Charles Wright
- Ted McNamara as Ted McHiggins
- Charles Gorman as Edward Fulton
- Pal the Dog as Pal
Crew
- Benjamin Stoloff · Director
- Malcolm Stuart Boylan · Writer
- William M. Conselman · Writer
- Edward Marshall · Writer
- Eddie Moran · Writer
- Sidney Wagner · Cinematographer