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Molly Pitcher (1911)

Molly Pitcher poster
Directed by
Sidney Olcott
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent short film from 1911 about a woman who fought in the American Revolutionary War. It tells the story of Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, who was known as Molly Pitcher and took part in the Battle of Monmouth.

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What happens

Molly Pitcher è un cortometraggio muto del 1911 diretto da Sidney Olcott. Il personaggio del titolo, interpretato da Anna Q. Nilsson, è il nome con cui fu soprannominata una donna che aveva dichiarato di aver combattuto alla battaglia di Monmouth durante la guerra d'indipendenza americana (28 giugno 1778) e che viene comunemente identificata in Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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