The Spirit of '17 (1918)
- Directed by
- William Desmond Taylor
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rated
- NR
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This silent film from 1918 follows characters dealing with the American entry into World War I. It has a patriotic theme and encourages young men to enlist.
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What happens
The Spirit of '17 is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Judge Willis Brown and Julia Crawford Ivers. The film stars Jack Pickford, Clarence Geldart, Edythe Chapman, L.N. Wells, Charles Arling, and Virginia Ware. The film was released on January 26, 1918, by Paramount Pictures and, like several other films released shortly after the American entry into World War I, had a patriotic theme. Several of the intertitles of this film had messages at the bottom which encouraged young men to enlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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