Specialty CollectionGenre: 1900s FEATURE FILMS
Description: SIDE 1: 00 00 00 SIDE 2: 00 58 29 THE FIRST GREAT FILM OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, WWI WITH THE DRAMA AND THE PASSION OF THE BATTLEFIELD. TWO YOUNG AMERICANS, MARIE (LILLIAN GISH) AND DOUGLAS (ROBERT HARRON), ARE ABOUT TO BE MARRIED IN A SMALL FRENCH VILLAGE IN 1914, WHEN THE GERMANS ATTACK, AND DOUGLAS GOES OFF TO WAR WHILE MARIE REMAINS BEHIND. MARIE'S FAMILY IS KILLED BY SHELLFIRE, BUT SHE SURVIVES WITH HELP FROM THE "LITTLE DISTURBER" (DOROTHY GISH), A FLIRTATIOUS AND FREE-SPIRTED STREET SINGER. BELIEVING DOUGLAS TO BE DEAD, MARIE IS CAPTURED AND FORCED INTO SLAVE LABOR BY THE GERMANS, AND SEES DOUGLAS'S MOTHER DIE OF STARVATION. SHE RISKS HER LIFE TO SAVE THE WOMAN'S SURVIVING CHILDREN, AND ENDURES THE ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF THE GERMAN GUARDS. THE TWO LOVERS ARE REUNITED WHEN HER FIANCE RETURNS AS A SPY TO HELP COORDINATE THE FRENCH COUNTER-ATTACK - BUT THEN MARIE & DOUGLAS ARE DISCOVERED BY THE BRUTAL GERMAN COMMANDER AND BEGIN A FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES.
