Civilization
AKA What Every True Britain is Fighting For in the United Kingdom
(1916) American
B&W : Ten reels
Directed by Raymond B. West + [Reginald Barker and Thomas H. Ince]

Cast: Herschel Mayall, Lola May, Howard Hickman, Enid Markey, George Fisher, J. Frank Burke, Charles K. French, J. Barney Sherry, Jerome Storm, Ethel Ullman, Fannie Midgley, Kate Bruce, Lillian Read

Thomas H. Ince production; distributed on State Rights basis. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan. Cinematography by Irvin Willat, Joseph August, Clyde de Vinna, Robert S. Newhard and Del Clawson. Edited by Thomas H. Ince and LeRoy Stone. Music score composed and arranged by Victor L. Schertzinger. / © 15 July 1916 by Thomas H. Ince [LU8703]. Premiere on 17 April 1916 at the Majestic Theatre in Los Angeles, California. New York premiere 2 June 1916 at the Criterion Theatre in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: He Who Returned. The film was edited by approximately 2500 feet three weeks after opening in Los Angeles. A different version, with new scenes added, was released in the United Kingdom as What Every True Britain is Fighting For. The film was rereleased in 1930 with synchronized music and sound effects, with new talking sequences.

Drama: War.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0710.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Film Preservation Associates film collection, in the Em Gee Film Library film collection [16mm reduction positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs, Horses, Sheep - Battles - Battleships - Capes - Children - Churches - Counts - Crowds - Death - Flags - Gloves - Hell - Helmets - Infants - Jails - Jesus Christ - Kings - Mothers - Nuns - Poverty - Rain - Refugees - Repentance - Rescues - Reunions - Roads - Shepherds - Ships - Soldiers - Submarines - Toddlers - Uniforms - Villages - Visions - War - Water - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 21 October 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0710; Baer-Film p. 47; Bardèche-History pp. 108, 110; Barry-Griffith p. 27; Bohn-Light pp. xix, 116; Brownlow-Behind p. 15; Brownlow-Parade p. 63; Everson-American p. 369; Fell-History pp. 108, 109, 110; Geduld-Birth p. 38; Lahue-Selig p. 223; Lahue-Triangle pp. 66-69, 123-124, 126, 145; Limbacher-Feature p. 45; Parish-Combat p. 206; Sato-Currents p. 33; Shipman-Cinema p. 58; Sinyard-Silent pp. 58, 59; Slide-Aspects pp. 25, 80-81; Tarbox-Lost p. 260.