Public Domain Movies

His First Command is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy action film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian and Gavin Gordon. Location shooting took place at Fort Riley in Kansas. The film featured color sequences in Multicolor.

A playboy falls in love with the daughter of the commandant of an American post. He enlists in order to be close to her, but soon finds that his manners irritate the other soldiers.

Cast

Multicolor scene from "His First Command" 1929 depicting Dorothy Sebastian and Helen Parrish
William Boyd as Terry Culver
Dorothy Sebastian as Judy Gaylord
Gavin Gordon as Lt. Freddie Allen
Helen Parrish as Jane Sargent
Alphonse Ethier as Col. Gaylord
Howard Hickman as Maj. Hall
Paul Hurst as Sgt. Westbrook
Jules Cowles as Cpl. Jones
Rose Tapley as Mrs. Pike
Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Sargent
Charles R. Moore as Homer