The Spirit of '17
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The Spirit of '17 is a lost[1] 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[2][3] 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.[4]
1918 American film
| The Spirit of '17 | |
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Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | William Desmond Taylor |
| Screenplay by | Judge Willis Brown Julia Crawford Ivers |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Jack Pickford Clarence Geldart Edythe Chapman L.N. Wells Charles Arling Virginia Ware |
| Cinematography | Homer Scott |
Production company | Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |