Henry King's "She Goes To War" (1929) was originally a silent film with talking sequences. It ran a total of 105 minutes. Alas, it survives only in a ruthlessly cutdown version of 50 minutes. All the original inter-titles have been removed, but the talking sequences and sound effects have been retained. As a result, the story is a little difficult (but not impossible) to follow, although it still has quite an impact in its harrowing, blistering action scenes which are far more shattering than anything in "All Quiet on the Western Front". Eleanor Boardman is competent as the lead, but it is Al St John and Alma Rubens (in her final film) who give scorching performances.