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The Patent Leather Kid

Directed by Alfred Santell

Starring Richard Barthelmess, Molly O'Day

Fries of youth and courage that will set your heart ablaze! The love-romance that Broadway held dear to its heart for four months!

The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 silent film which tells the story of a boxer who scoffs at fighting outside the ring... particularly for the United States once it enters World War I. Eventually, he is drafted, is shipped overseas, and performs a heroic act, which results in his being severely wounded.