| Behind the Front | |
| Director: | A. Edward Sutherland |
| Producer: | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring: | Wallace Beery Raymond Hatton |
| Cinematography: | Charles P. Boyle |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 6 reels |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Behind the Front is a 1926 American silent war comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2] The film was based on the novel The Spoils of War by Hugh Wiley.[3]
As described in a film magazine review, two men, enemies in civil life, enlist in the army during World War I at the behest of a young woman who tells each of them that she loves him. They become buddies and share a medley of mishaps behind the lines in France. They return to America and go to the young woman’s house. There they find her the central figure in a wedding. They maul her husband-to-be and leave. A small incident recreates their enmity towards each other and their private war begins again.
A print of Behind the Front is located in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection and UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]