The Common Cause
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Helene Palmer and her husband Orrin have grown apart, and she becomes infatuated with bachelor Edward Wadsworth. With the outbreak of World War I, Orrin and Edward enlist, while Helene works as a Red Cross nurse in a small French town. Edward is wounded on a dangerous scouting mission near the town and Orrin carries him to safety. The enemy invades during the night, and Orrin rescues Helene as she is about to be overpowered by a German officer. The dying Edward, morally strengthened by his experience as a soldier, encourages the couple to reunite. Soon after, peace is declared.
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Effie Shannon
Belgium (prologue)
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France (prologue)
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Violet Heming
Britannia (prologue)
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Julia Arthur
Italy (prologue)
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Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
The Life of Moses
Marjorie Rambeau
Columbia (prologue)
Known for
Tobacco Road
Herbert Rawlinson
Orrin Palmer
Known for
Jail Bait
Dark Victory
Sylvia Breamer
Helene Palmer
Also in
Unseen Forces
The Devil
Huntley Gordon
Edward Wadsworth
Also in
Murder by Television
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Lawrence Grossmith
Tommy Atkins
Known for
Gaslight
Louis Dean
German General
Also in
The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan
The Birth of a Race
Charles Stuart Blackton
Little Belgian Refugee
Also in
The Fairy Godfather
A Spring Idyll
Violet Virginia Blackton
Little Belgian Refugee
Also in
The Fairy Godfather
A Spring Idyll
J. Stuart Blackton Director · Ian Hay Screenplay J. Hartley Manners Screenplay
United States release January 5, 1919 · Produced in United States
Production
J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · January 5, 1919
Theatrical
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