'How Power Looks' — MiamisFF Review
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.
The Commanding Officer (1915)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Theodore Burt
In Theaters:3/25/1915
Box Office:
Runtime:40 minutes
Studio:Famous Players Film Company
Cast
Allan Dwan
Director
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
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