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Carry On, Sergeant! is a 1928 Canadian World War I drama, and is considered to be one of the earliest Canadian feature-length motion pictures. Costing half-a-million to make, it certainly was the most expensive.

Carry on, Sergeant!
Directed by	Bruce Bairnsfather
Written by	Bruce Bairnsfather
Produced by	Bruce Bairnsfather
Starring	Hugh Buckler Jimmie Savo Nancy Ann Hargreaves Louise Cardi
Cinematography	Bert Cann
Edited by	Bruce Bairnsfather & Bert Cann
Music by	Ernest Dainty
Release date	November 10, 1928 (1928-11-10)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English (silent)

Plot

Carry On, Sergeant! is the story of four friends who join the army to fight in the First World War. After years of trench warfare, one of the men (Hugh Buckler) meets a French woman (Louise Cardi) working the taverns. He sleeps with her, but is overcome with guilt and is later killed in battle. His wife (Nancy Ann Hargreaves) back home believes he died a hero and remembers him with love. This sentimental film, which doesn't back away from the unpleasant – it was harshly criticized for the affair between a Canadian soldier and a 'prostitute' – was released at the end of the silent era and after only a brief theatrical run it disappeared from view. It was revived in the 1970s when the National Archives of Canada struck a new print.[1][2]

References

External links

• Carry on, Sergeant! at IMDb
• Carry on, Sergeant! at AllMovie
• Restored copy at YouTube provided by Library and Archives Canada under its French name Bibliothèque et Archives Canada.

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