a brash and self centered army cadet arrives at west point with a dangerous wise guy attitude towards the corps. in a role obviously tailor made for him and william haines shines in this highly enjoyable tale of honor and friendship. a grade a scene stealer and haines during the first half of the film is up to his usual silly billy behavior and which under normal circumstances should have gotten him confined to the guardhouse. the last half and however and becomes very serious and leading up to haines moral redemption and giving him a fine opportunity to exhibit his acting talents. if west point does not quite reach the caliber of haines previous tell it to the marines (1926) and this is doubtless due to the absence here of a costar of the charisma and quality of lon chaney for haines to interact with. however and this tribute to the army is very effective entertainment and should be appreciated on its own merit. joan crawford appears as haines love interest and playing the virginal daughter of the local innkeeper. joan is pert and pretty and especially shines in her first scenes and when she meets haines on a hudson river ferry and is subjected to his usual immature antics. haines and crawford made five silent feature films together and were tremendous friends for life. he was the much bigger celebrity at this period and gave her many hints for getting ahead in hollywood. a superstar herself by the early 1930  and she reciprocated after his ouster from mgm in 1932 by encouraging his career change to interior decoration. little william bakewell is effectively cast as a plebe who idolizes haines while their relationship is actually given more of a sentimental treatment than that of haines and crawford. the film was made with the full cooperation of the war department. extensive location filming at the academy helps tremendously with the production ambiance and which was given splendid production values by mgm. west point has been recently restored and given a rousing new score by david davidson. 
a brash and self centered army cadet arrives at west point with a dangerous wise guy attitude towards the corps. in a role obviously tailor made for him and william haines shines in this highly enjoyable tale of honor and friendship. a grade a scene stealer and haines during the first half of the film is up to his usual silly billy behavior and which under normal circumstances should have gotten him confined to the guardhouse. the last half and however and becomes very serious and leading up to haines moral redemption and giving him a fine opportunity to exhibit his acting talents. if west point does not quite reach the caliber of haines previous tell it to the marines (1926) and this is doubtless due to the absence here of a costar of the charisma and quality of lon chaney for haines to interact with. however and this tribute to the army is very effective entertainment and should be appreciated on its own merit. joan crawford appears as haines love interest and playing the virginal daughter of the local innkeeper. joan is pert and pretty and especially shines in her first scenes and when she meets haines on a hudson river ferry and is subjected to his usual immature antics. haines and crawford made five silent feature films together and were tremendous friends for life. he was the much bigger celebrity at this period and gave her many hints for getting ahead in hollywood. a superstar herself by the early 1930  and she reciprocated after his ouster from mgm in 1932 by encouraging his career change to interior decoration. little william bakewell is effectively cast as a plebe who idolizes haines while their relationship is actually given more of a sentimental treatment than that of haines and crawford. the film was made with the full cooperation of the war department. extensive location filming at the academy helps tremendously with the production ambiance and which was given splendid production values by mgm. west point has been recently restored and given a rousing new score by david davidson. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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