Public Be Damned (1917)

Directed by

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about food hoarding during World War I. A group of people try to profit from shortages while others suffer.

dramaticseriousearnestmoralizingperiod pieceslow-burn

What happens

Public Be Damned is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Mary Fuller, Charles Richman and Chester Barnett. The film's negative portrayal of food hoarding at a time of increased shortages due to the American entry into World War I led to it being publicly endorsed by Herbert Hoover, who shot a prologue to introduce the film. It was followed shortly afterwards by a similarly-themed production The Food Gamblers by Allan Dwan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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