The Birth of Patriotism is a 1917 American silent war drama film directed by E. Magnus Ingleton and starring Irene Hunt, Ann Forrest, and Leo Pierson.[1] Based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie, it is set in England during the First World War.

The Birth of Patriotism
Advertisement
Directed by	E. Magnus Ingleton
Written by	I.A.R. Wylie (story) E. Magnus Ingleton
Starring	Irene Hunt Ann Forrest Leo Pierson
Cinematography	Duke Hayward
Production company	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date	April 30, 1917 (1917-04-30)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Irene Hunt as Anne
• Ann Forrest as Mary
• Leo Pierson as Johnny Roberts
• Ernest Shields as Sam Peters
• Frank Caffray as Ike
• Lydia Yeamans Titus as Sallie Hawkins
• J. Edwin Brown as Gus Hawkins

References

Bibliography

• Leslie Midkiff DeBauche. Reel Patriotism: The Movies and World War I. Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1997.

External links

• The Birth of Patriotism at IMDb

This article related to an American film of the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e