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The Little American is a 1917 American silent romantic war drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford (who also served as producer) as an American woman who is in love with both a German and a French soldier during World War I. A print of the film is housed at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and has been released on DVD.
Original Release
07/12/1917
US Release
07/12/1917
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Holt | Karl von Austreim |
Raymond Hatton | Count Jules de Destin |
Hobart Bosworth | German Colonel |
Walter Long | German Captain |
James Neill | Senator John Moore / Sen. John Moore |
Ben Alexander | Bobby Moore |
Guy Oliver | Frederick von Austreim |
Edythe Chapman | Mrs. von Austreim |
Lillian Leighton | Angela's Great Aunt |
DeWitt Jennings | English Barrister |
Directors
Joseph Levering, Cecil B. DeMille
Writers
Jeanie Macpherson, Cecil B. DeMille, Clarence J. Harris
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Holt | Karl von Austreim |
Raymond Hatton | Count Jules de Destin |
Hobart Bosworth | German Colonel |
Walter Long | German Captain |
James Neill | Senator John Moore / Sen. John Moore |
Ben Alexander | Bobby Moore |
Guy Oliver | Frederick von Austreim |
Edythe Chapman | Mrs. von Austreim |
Lillian Leighton | Angela's Great Aunt |
DeWitt Jennings | English Barrister |
Wallace Beery | German Soldier |
Olive Corbett | Nurse |
Lucile Dorrington | Nurse |
Clarence Geldert | Submarine Commander U-Boat 21 |
Carl Gerard | Reverend |
Robert Gordon | Wounded Soldier |
Gordon Griffith | Child |
Norman Kerry | Wounded Soldier |
Charles L. MacDonald | Wounded Soldier |
Colleen Moore | Maid |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mary Pickford | Producer |
Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |