Square Shoulders

Square Shoulders

58 mins | Crime | March 10, 1929

Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war hero, like his father. What he doesn't know is that his father, Slag, is actually a thief and a derelict. Slag robs a factory in order to get the money to send Tad to military school, then gets a job at the academy's horse stables to be close to his son, who doesn't know he's alive.

Square Shoulders

58 mins | Crime | March 10, 1929

Square Shoulders
Tad's dream is to attend a military academy so he can grow up to be a great soldier and a war hero, like his father. What he doesn't know is that his father, Slag, is actually a thief and a derelict. Slag robs a factory in order to get the money to send Tad to military school, then gets a job at the academy's horse stables to be close to his son, who doesn't know he's alive.
Producers Pathé Exchange
Original title Square Shoulders
Directors E. Mason Hopper
Writers Peggy Prior, Houston Branch

Cast

Frank Coghlan Jr.

as John W. 'Tad' Collins Jr.

Louis Wolheim

as John 'Slag' Collins

Philippe De Lacy

as Eddie Cartwright

Anita Louise

as Mary Jane Williams

Clarence Geldart

as Maj. E.H. Williams - Commandant