The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 5, 1915Release Date
The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 5, 1915Release Date
Plot.
Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the enemy are preparing to invade. The invasion comes, and New York, Washington, and other American cities are devastated.
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Richman
John Harrison
L. Rogers Lytton
Mr. Emanon
James Morrison
Charley Harrison
Mary Maurice
Mrs. Harrison
Louise Beaudet
Mrs. Vandergriff
J. Stuart Blackton
Director
Harold Hubert
John Vandergriff
Wilfrid North
Director
Jack Crawford
Poet Scout
Charles Kent
The Master
Hudson Maxim
Writer
S.L. Rothafel
Composer
Julia Swayne Gordon
Magdalen
Evart Overton
Vandergriff's Son
Belle Bruce
Alice Harrison
Norma Talmadge
Virginia Vandergriff
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Battle Cry of Peace is a 1915 American silent war film directed by Wilfrid North and J. Stuart Blackton, one of the founders of Vitagraph Company of America who also wrote the scenario. The film is based on the book Defenseless America, by Hudson Maxim, and was distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. The film stars Charles Richman, L. Rogers Lytton, and James W. Morrison.Alternate titles for this film were A Call to Arms and The Battle Cry of War. In the UK, the film was called An American Home. A sequel followed in 1917, Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation.