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Liberty Bond
(1918) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Lillian Gish, Kate Bruce, Carol Dempster

[?] Artcraft Pictures Corporation? production; distributed by [?] Paramount Pictures Corporation? / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Produced for the Liberty Loan Appeal. The production was completed in September 1918. [?] Was this film made for inclusion in United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918)?

Drama.

Synopsis: Lillian wants to buy clothes but her mother suggests she can help the war effort by buying bonds instead. Lillian dreams of the Germans and war atrocities, then awakens and resolves to do her part to help.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Bonds - Germans - War

Listing updated: 15 November 2004.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 54; Weaver-Twenty p. 146.

 
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