My Own United States (1918)

Directed by

John W. Noble

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man renounces his country and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life at sea without ever seeing land again. The story follows his lonely journey and eventual change of heart.

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What happens

My Own United States is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by John W. Noble and starring Arnold Daly, Charles E. Graham, and Duncan McRae. It is based on the 1863 short story "The Man Without a Country" by Edward Everett Hale. It was distributed by Metro Pictures. The original story, with its strong patriotic theme, was written during the American Civil War in order to increase public support for the Union cause; the film had a like function with regard to World War I, in which the United States was deeply involved at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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