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The Man Without a Country
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Ernest C. Warde

Cast: Florence La Badie [Barbara Norton], H.E. Herbert [Philip Nolan], J.H. Gilmour [Captain Banforth], Carey Hastings [Mrs. Blair], Ernest Howard [Phineas Blair], Charles Dungan [Pop Milton]

Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Jewel Productions, Incorporated (The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated). / Production supervised by Edwin Thanhouser. Scenario by Lloyd F. Lonergan (Lloyd Lonergan), from the short story “The Man Without a Country” by Edward Everett Hale. / © 14 September 1917 by Jewel Productions, Incorporated [LP11410]. Released 9 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: World War I.

Synopsis: Synopses available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2795, and in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 24.

Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of JEF Films, Incorporated.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Books - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 20 October 2013.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2795; Edmonds-BigU p. 91; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 24; Limbacher-Feature p. 153; Pitts-Hollywood p. 8 : Website-AFI; Website-Thanhouser.

Home video: DVD.