
Film
The Commanding Officer
1915 · 40m · Drama
A Thrilling Film Version of the Play that Stirred Two Continents.
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Overview
When Colonel Archer, the commanding officer of the military post, refuses to lend money to his second-in-command, Captain Waring, Waring obtains the money from Brent Lindsay, from the nearby mining town, in exchange for his promissory note. Both Waring and Lindsay court Floyd Bingham, the daughter of a retired colonel, but Floyd learns that Lindsay is involved with Queen, a dancing girl.
Cast

Alice Dovey
Floyd Bingham

Donald Crisp
Col. Archer (the Commandant)

Marshall Neilan
Capt. Waring

Douglas Gerrard
Brent Lindsay

Ethel Phillips
The Queen

Russell Bassett
Col. Bingham (retired)

Jack Pickford
The Commandant's Orderly

Francis Carpenter
The Boy
Bob Emmons
The Sheriff
Olive Johnson
The Girl
Crew
- Allan DwanDirector
- Theodore BurtScreenplay
Details
- Release date
- March 25, 1915
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Drama
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