Name: The Spirit of '17
Released: 1918
Cast: Jack Pickford, C. H. Geldert, Edythe Chapman, L. N. Wells, Charles Arling

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jan 26, 1918

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.

Distribution Company

Paramount Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Davy Glidden is the son of the adjutant general in charge of an old soldier's home in a small town near the Top Copper mine. Davy idolizes Capt. Jerico Norton, an aged veteran of the home who entertains the boy with stories of his exploits in the Civil War. When Mrs. Edward and her daughter Flora come to visit Mrs. Glidden, Davy is smitten by Flora but she ignores him. Davy is embued with patriotism by the stories told to him by the captain and is desirious of doing something noble to attract Flora's attention. He finds the opportunity to accomplish both goals when he overhears two German spies, Carl Bender and Frank Schmale, plotting to create havoc in the mine by calling a strike and then dynamiting the mine. Enlisting the aid of his friend Capt. Norton, Davy provides the means for the old soldiers to serve their country once again. After the aged warriors surround the Germans, Davy saves Flora and her father from death, thus accomplishing his ambitions and winning Flora's affections.