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The Common Cause
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton

Cast: Herbert Rawlinson [Orrin Palmer], Sylvia Breamer [Helene Palmer], Huntley Gordon [Edward Wadsworth], Lawrence Grossmith [Tommy Atkins], Charles Blackton [the little refugee boy], Violet Blackton [the little refugee girl], Philip Van Loan [the Poilu], Mademoiselle Marcel [the French girl], Louis Dean [the German general], Effie Shannon [Belgium], Irene Castle [France], Violet Hemming [Britannia], Julia Arthur [Italy], Marjorie Rambeau [Columbia]

J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America [A Vitagraph Special Release]. / Scenario by Anthony Paul Kelly, from the musical play Getting Together by J. Hartley Manners, Ian Hay (Ian Hay Beith) and Percival Knight, with songs by Gitz Rice. / © 25 November 1918 by Blackton Productions, Incorporated [LP13084]. Released 5 January 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 May 2012.

References: Website-AFI.