Draft 258

Draft 258 is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Mabel Taliaferro, Walter Miller, and Earl Brunswick, and was released on November 15, 1917.^[2] It is a lost film.

Draft 258
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Directed by	Christy Cabanne
Written by	June Mathis Christy Cabanne
Starring	Mabel Taliaferro Walter Miller Earl Brunswick
Cinematography	William E. Fildew
Edited by	Mildred Richter
Production company	Metro Pictures
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	November 15, 1917 (1917-11-15) (US)[1]
Running time	4 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Cast

• Mabel Taliaferro as Mary Alden
• Walter Miller as John Graham
• Earl Brunswick as Matthew Alden
• Eugene Borden as George Alden
• Sue Balfour as Mrs. Alden
• William H. Tooker as Amiel Van Bierman
• Camilla Dalberg as Marcita Blein
• Baby Ivy Ward as Belgian child
• Sidney D'Albrook as Italian
• Robert Anderson as Nicolo Reisso

Reception

The Times-Union called it a "big screen sensation", and applauded the re-enactments of the military engagements created by Cabanne.^[3] The Deming Headlight praised it as "the finest war picture ever produced". They were complimentary of the photography, acting, with the latter being marked for realism, without the "sickening sentimentality that distinguishes so many of the screen productions of the present day."^[4] The San Bernardino County Sun gave the film a positive review. They opined it was "a superb production suitable to its great central idea and its thrilling and absorbing story."^[5]

Preservation

With no prints of Draft 258 located in any film archives,^[6] it is a lost film.