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The Common Cause (1919)

January 5, 1919 (US) Comedy, Drama • 70m

Overview

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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Effie Shannon
Effie Shannon

Belgium (prologue)

Irene Castle
Irene Castle

France (prologue)

Violet Heming
Violet Heming

Britannia (prologue)

Julia Arthur
Julia Arthur

Italy (prologue)

Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau

Columbia (prologue)

Sylvia Breamer
Sylvia Breamer

Helene Palmer

Huntley Gordon
Huntley Gordon

Edward Wadsworth

Louis Dean
Louis Dean

German General

Charles Stuart Blackton
Charles Stuart Blackton

Little Belgian Refugee

Violet Virginia Blackton
Violet Virginia Blackton

Little Belgian Refugee

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Original Language

EN

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