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Moran of the Marines

7.0 70 mins Romance   1928
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation   Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Frank R. Strayer

Release Date: 13 Sat, Oct 1928

After getting into a fight with a drunkard, Mike Moran spends 10 days on the rock pile and is disinherited by his wealthy uncle; out of luck and work, Mike joins the Marines and is soon court-martialed for kissing Vivian Marshall, a general's daughter. Mike's unit is ordered to China, and Mike goes along under guard. Vivian accompanies her father and is captured by a Chinese bandit; Mike rescues her and is himself taken prisoner. Vivian leads a Marine detachment to his rescue, and Mike is quickly pardoned, reinstated by his uncle, and firmly established in Vivian's affections. A lost film.

Casts of Moran of the Marines

Richard Dix

as Michael Moran

Ruth Elder

as Vivian Marshall

Roscoe Karns

as Swatty

Brooks Benedict

as Basil Worth

E.H. Calvert

as Gen. Marshall

Duke Martin

as The Sergeant

Tetsu Komai

as Sun Yat

Jean Harlow

as Extra (uncredited)

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