SILENT FILMS 1916-1920: FOR FREEDOM (1918)

CREDITS

Released: December 29, 1918

Production Company: Fox Film Corporation

Featured Cast: William Farnum, Coit Albertson, Rubye De Remer, Anna Lehr, J. Herbert Frank, G. Raymond Nye, John Slavin, Marc B. Robbins

Director: Frank Lloyd

Writer: E. Lloyd Sheldon (scenario), Florence Margolies (scenario)

Cinematographer: William C. Foster

Presenter: William Fox

TECH

Runtime 1 hr (60 min) (USA)
Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length 1,800 m (6 reels) (USA)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

STORY

Robert Wayne is a prominent businessman, whose sister Edith is married to his friend Herbert Osborne. Osborne’s business under attack by a rival, Howard Stratton. Osborne gives his stock proxy to Wayne and tells him to vote the shares a certain way at the upcoming stockholders meeting. Stratton takes Osborne’s wife for a drive, and then calls Wayne to say the two have eloped. To protect his sister from scandal, Wayne goes to rescue his sister and misses the stockholders meeting. In a struggle, Stratton is accidentally shot with his own gun and Wayne is convicted of the shooting.

Wayne is paroled on the condition that he fight for his country. Before going to France, he meets Mary Fenton and falls in love. During the war, Wayne rescues a comrade and wins a commendation. But he is wounded and sent home. At the ball held at Mary’s home celebrating the end of the war, Edith tells the truth about the shooting that sent her brother to prison.
Written By: scsu1975