Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen "Quirt and Flagg" film series
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The Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen "Quirt and Flagg" film series is a cycle of early 20th-century Hollywood comedies featuring the bickering Marine characters Sergeant Quirt and Captain Flagg, played by Lowe and McLaglen in multiple interconnected films.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American comedy film series
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Hollywood film cycle ⓘ film series ⓘ |
| basedOnCharactersFrom | What Price Glory? (1924 play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | bickering Marine buddies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era | silent-to-sound transition era ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Edmund Lowe
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Victor McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole |
Edmund Lowe as Sergeant Quirt
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Victor McLaglen as Captain Flagg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacters |
Captain Flagg
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Sergeant Quirt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | interwar period Hollywood ⓘ |
| includesSilentFilm | What Price Glory? (1926 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSoundFilm |
Hot Pepper (1933 film)
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The Cock-Eyed World (1929 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of All Nations (1931 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | later military buddy comedies ⓘ |
| leadCharacterRank |
Captain (Flagg)
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Sergeant (Quirt) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeContinuity | recurring characters across multiple films ⓘ |
| notableFilmInSeries |
Hot Pepper (1933 film)
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The Cock-Eyed World (1929 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ What Price Glory? (1926 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of All Nations (1931 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the Quirt and Flagg Marine comedy duo ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysBranchOfService | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recurringTheme |
bickering partners
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male friendship ⓘ military life ⓘ romantic rivalry ⓘ |
| setting | United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Edmund Lowe
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Victor McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgenre | service comedy ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general filmgoing audiences of the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProduction | early 20th century ⓘ |
| typicalTone |
bawdy humor
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raucous comedy ⓘ |
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