# Corporal Kate > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Corporal_Kate > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Corporal_Kate.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_Kate > Source revision: 1349648370 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1926 film Corporal Kate Lobby card Directed by Paul Sloane Written by Albert Shelby Le Vino John Krafft(titles) Based on an original story by Zelda Sears and Marion Orth Produced by C. Gardner Sullivan Starring Vera Reynolds Julia Faye Cinematography Henry Cronjager Production company De Mille Pictures Corp. Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation Release date December 6, 1926 (1926-12-06) Running time 1hr. 20mins; 8 reels Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles) ***Corporal Kate*** is a 1926 American [silent](/source/Silent_film) [romantic comedy film](/source/Romantic_comedy_film) directed by [Paul Sloane](/source/Paul_Sloane_(director)) and starring [Vera Reynolds](/source/Vera_Reynolds) and [Julia Faye](/source/Julia_Faye).[1] The film was produced by [C. Gardner Sullivan](/source/C._Gardner_Sullivan), with production at De Mille Pictures Corp., and released by [Producers Distributing Corporation](/source/Producers_Distributing_Corporation).[2] ## Plot In [World War I](/source/World_War_I), Brooklyn manicurists Kate Jones and Becky Finkelstein, work up a song-and-dance act that they intend to take overseas to entertain the troops. Through the influence of a friend, the girls are assigned to the [French front](/source/Western_Front_(World_War_I)). Both girls fall in love with Jackson Clarke, a rich playboy, who is in the [American Expeditionary Forces](/source/American_Expeditionary_Forces), along with Williams, his valet. Evelyn, a friend of Jackson's, also goes to France as a Red Cross nurse, Jackson falls for Kate and is jealous of Evelyn, but, unknown to any of them, Evelyn loves an American aviator. When the Germans advance, Becky is killed, dying in Jackson's arms. Kate loses her arm in a selfless and heroic action, and Jackson, still greatly in love with her, proposes that they spend the rest of their lives together. Still with Vera Reynolds and Kenneth Thomson ## Cast - [Vera Reynolds](/source/Vera_Reynolds) as Kate Jones - [Kenneth Thomson](/source/Kenneth_Thomson_(actor)) as Jackson Clarke (credited as Kenneth Thompson) - [Julia Faye](/source/Julia_Faye) as Becky Finkelstein - [Majel Coleman](/source/Majel_Coleman) as Evelyn Page - [Harry Allen](/source/Harry_Allen_(actor)) as Williams, Clarke's Valet - [Walter Tennyson](/source/Walter_Tennyson) as Captain Sir Howard Wellington - [Fred Kelsey](/source/Fred_Kelsey) as Unsympathetic Sergeant (uncredited) - Scott Seaton as Colonel (uncredited) - [Harry Semels](/source/Harry_Semels) as Doughboy (uncredited) ## Production Although not directly an [aviation](/source/Aviation) film, *Corporal Kate* featured a number of stunt pilots, including [Frank Clarke](/source/Frank_Clarke_(pilot)) and Leo Nomis flying a [Standard L 6](/source/Standard_E-1) and [Thomas-Morse](/source/Thomas-Morse_S-4) aircraft.[3] [N 1] ## Reception Film reviewer Hal Erickson, in his review of *Corporal Kate*, noted, the girls "...encounter all manner of merry misadventures. Things get serious, however, when both Kate and Becky fall in love with the same doughboy, Private Jackson (Kenneth Thompson). This [romantic triangle](/source/Love_triangle) is rather bluntly resolved when tragedy strikes on the battlefield."[4] However, while the depiction of the relationship between the two women in a war zone is to be commended, modern viewers may be less comfortable with the many scenes featuring overt [sexual harassment](/source/Sexual_harassment_in_the_military) by the male lead.[5] ## Preservation *Corporal Kate* is preserved in the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) collection and [UCLA Film and Television Archive](/source/UCLA_Film_and_Television_Archive).[6][7] ## References ### Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** For Cecil B. DeMille, *Corporal Kate* was, in part, a showcase for Julia Faye, DeMille's longtime "secret" girlfriend.[4] ### Citations 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Progressive Silent Film List: *Corporal Kate*](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CorporalKate1926.html) at silentera.com, 2019. Retrieved: June 30, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Detail view: 'Corporal Kate'."](http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3440) *The AFI Catalog of Feature Films*, 2019. Retrieved: June 30, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Farmer 1984, p. 300. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-All_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-All_4-1) Erickson, Hal. ["Review: 'Corporal Kate'."](https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v87869) *allmovie.com*, 2019. Retrieved: June 30, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Kramer, Fritzi (May 15, 2016). ["*Corporal Kate* (1926) a Silent Film Review"](https://moviessilently.com/2016/05/15/corporal-kate-1926-a-silent-film-review/). Movies Silently. Retrieved December 25, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** *Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress*, 1978, p. 35. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Catalog: 'Corporal Kate'."](http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2586/default.html) *The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog*, 2019. Retrieved: June 30, 2019. ### Bibliography - *Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress*. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute, 1978. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8018-5315-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8018-5315-9). - Farmer, James H. *Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation* (1st ed.). Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: TAB Books 1984. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-83062-374-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-83062-374-7). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Corporal Kate](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Corporal_Kate). - [*Corporal Kate*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016743/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [DVD Grapevine](http://www.grapevinevideo.com/corporal-kate.html) v t e Films directed by Paul Sloane Too Many Kisses (1925) Made for Love (1926) Eve's Leaves (1926) Corporal Kate (1926) The Blue Danube (1928) Hearts in Dixie (1929) The Cuckoos (1930) Half Shot at Sunrise (1930) War Correspondent (1932) The Woman Accused (1933) Lone Cowboy (1933) Straight Is the Way (1934) The Texans (1938) Geronimo (1939) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Corporal Kate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_Kate) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal_Kate?action=history)). 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