The Common Cause

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton
1919    70mComedy, Drama
7.0
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.
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Cast of The Common Cause
  • Effie ShannonBelgium (prologue)
  • Irene CastleFrance (prologue)
  • Violet HemingBritannia (prologue)
  • Julia ArthurItaly (prologue)
  • Marjorie RambeauColumbia (prologue)
  • Herbert RawlinsonOrrin Palmer
  • Sylvia BreamerHelene Palmer
  • Huntley GordonEdward Wadsworth
  • Lawrence GrossmithTommy Atkins
  • Charles Stuart BlacktonLittle Belgian Refugee
  • Violet Virginia BlacktonLittle Belgian Refugee
  • Philip Van LoanThe Poilu
  • Marcelle CarrollFrench Girl
  • Louis DeanGerman General
 
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