Release Date

30 Apr, 1917

Runtime

00:50: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The Drama of a Man's Soul Reborn

Carelessness on the part of Johnny Roberts and the growing drudgery of married life causes an estrangement between Johnny and his wife Mary. The final break comes when Johnny, sick with a fever, returns home to be accused of drunkenness by Mary. Johnny leaves his wife to seek solace in Anne, the innkeeper's daughter, and the two live happily together until the outbreak of the war. When England is threatened, Johnny enlists and is sent to the front. In the meantime, Mary, with her little baby, seeks Anne out to ask for some of her husband's money to take care of the child. A mutual understanding springs up between the two women and upon Johnny's arrival home, the self-sacrificing Anne disappears and Johnny returns to his wife and child.

Original Title

The Birth of Patriotism

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Actors

Irene Hunt

Ann Forrest

Leo Pierson

Ernest Shields

Lydia Yeamans Titus

Frank Caffray

Crew

Eugenie Magnus Ingleton

I.A.R. Wylie

Eugenie Magnus Ingleton