The Great Love (1918)
An idealistic young American during World War I, itching to fight the Germans and not wanting to wait until the U.S. joins the war, journeys to Canada, where he enlists in the British army. He is sent to train in England, and then to the front in France, where he's wounded. Returned to England to recuperate from his wounds, he falls in love with the daughter of an Australian minister.
- Date of release
- 1918-08-11
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- Lillian Gish — Susie Broadplains
- Robert Harron — Jim Young
- George Siegmann — Mr. Seymour
- Gloria Hope — Jessie Lovewell
- Maxfield Stanley — John Broadplains
- Rosemary Theby — Miss Corintee
- Henry B. Walthall — Sir Roger Brighton
- Violet Keppel Trefusis — Violet Keppel
- Diana Manners — Diana Manners
- Elizabeth Asquith — Elizabeth Asquith
- Bettina Stuart Wortley — Bettina Stuart Wortley
- Queen Alexandra — Queen Alexandra
Interesting facts
The Great Love is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed and written by D. W. Griffith who, along with scenario writer Stanner E.V. Taylor, is credited as "Captain Victor Marier". The film stars George Fawcett and Lillian Gish. Set during World War I, exterior scenes were shot on location in England. The Great Love is now considered to be a lost film.
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