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“The silent sufferers”
The Little American (1917)
July 12, 19171h 3mEN
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Overview
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.
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Cecil B. DeMilleWhere to Watch
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Mary Pickford Company
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7.0With the Great War ravaging Europe as this film was made, it’s a clear signal of patriotism from star Mary Pickford as she depicts the feisty “Angela”. She’s from wealthy stock and on her birthday is being courted by French “Count Jules” (Raymond Hatton) and by her slight favourite, the Prussian soldier “Karl” (Jack Holt). Before she has to make any choices, though, both head to their respective homes to fight. Shortly thereafter, she decides to travel to her aunt’s home in France only for her liner to be torpedoed and for her to find that when she eventually arrives at her stately pile that t…
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