The Common Cause (1919)
Helene Palmer and her husband Orrin have grown apart, and she becomes infatuated with bachelor Edward Wadsworth. With the outbreak of World War I, Orrin and Edward enlist, while Helene works as a Red Cross nurse in a small French town. Edward is wounded on a dangerous scouting mission near the town and Orrin carries him to safety. The enemy invades during the night, and Orrin rescues Helene as she is about to be overpowered by a German officer. The dying Edward, morally strengthened by his experience as a soldier, encourages the couple to reunite. Soon after, peace is declared.
- Date of release
- 1919-01-05
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- J. Stuart Blackton
Casting
- Effie Shannon — Belgium (prologue)
- Irene Castle — France (prologue)
- Violet Heming — Britannia (prologue)
- Julia Arthur — Italy (prologue)
- Marjorie Rambeau — Columbia (prologue)
- Herbert Rawlinson — Orrin Palmer
- Sylvia Breamer — Helene Palmer
- Huntley Gordon — Edward Wadsworth
- Lawrence Grossmith — Tommy Atkins
- Louis Dean — German General
- Charles Stuart Blackton — Little Belgian Refugee
- Violet Virginia Blackton — Little Belgian Refugee
Interesting facts
The Common Cause is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton and distributed by Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on a play, Getting Together, by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners, and Percival Knight.
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