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Line 24: ==Production== This version was a [[silent film]], directed by [[Raoul Walsh]] and released by [[Fox Film Corporation]] on 23 November 1926 in the US. It had a 116-minute running time. On 21 January 1927, a short film of singer [[Raquel Meller]] was shown before this feature at the [[Sam H. Harris\|Sam H. Harris Theater]] in New York City. The short film, not quite synchronized, was the first public presentation of a film in the [[Movietone sound system\|Fox Movietone]] [[sound-on-film]] system.<ref>Edwin M. Bradley, ''The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932'' (McFarland, 2004) p6</ref> In January 1927, Fox re-released ''What Price Glory?'' with synchronized sound and music in the Movietone system.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WhatPriceGlory1926.html SilentEra entry]</ref> Part of its fame revolves around the fact that the characters can be seen speaking profanities which are not reflected in the [[intertitles]], but which can be deciphered by [[lip reading\|lipreaders]]. The studio was reportedly inundated by calls and letters from enraged Americans, including deaf and hearing impaired people, to whom the vivid profanity between Sergant Quirt and Captain Flagg was extremely offensive.