The Little American (1917)
Note: print runs 62 min against a 80 min film minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
Directed by Cecil B Demille
During the first world war, a young American woman's boat is torpedoed by a German U-Boat. When she manages to return to her ancestral country of France, she witnesses the German atrocities first hand. This is Wallace Beery's first screen appearance (he plays a German soldier) Stars: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Hobart Bosworth, Ben Alexander Directed by Cecil B Demille An Artcraft Picture
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