The Common Cause

Categories: Comedy, Drama
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.

Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1919-01-05
Run time: 70 minute / 1:10
Director: J. Stuart Blackton
Writers: Ian Hay, Percival Knight, J. Hartley Manners.
Production Company : J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures
Production Country: United States of America

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	Effie Shannon as Belgium (prologue)
	Irene Castle as France (prologue)
	Violet Heming as Britannia (prologue)
	Julia Arthur as Italy (prologue)
	Marjorie Rambeau as Columbia (prologue)
	Herbert Rawlinson as Orrin Palmer
	Sylvia Breamer as Helene Palmer
	Huntley Gordon as Edward Wadsworth
	Lawrence Grossmith as Tommy Atkins
	Louis Dean as German General
	Charles Stuart Blackton as Little Belgian Refugee
	Violet Virginia Blackton as Little Belgian Refugee
	Philip Van Loan as The Poilu
	Marcelle Carroll as French Girl

Directing
J. Stuart Blackton	Director
Writing
Ian Hay	Screenplay
Anthony Paul Kelly	Writer
Percival Knight	Screenplay
J. Hartley Manners	Screenplay
Production
J. Stuart Blackton	Producer
Camera
Otto Brautigan	Director of Photography
Crew
Albert E. Smith	Presenter