The Little American

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

Cast

Mary Pickford

as Angela Moore

Jack Holt

as Karl von Austreim

Raymond Hatton

as Count Jules de Destin

Hobart Bosworth

as German Colonel

Walter Long

as German Captain

Wallace Beery

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Norman Kerry

as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Colleen Moore

as Maid (uncredited)

Ramon Novarro

as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Sam Wood

as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

With the Great War ravaging Europe as this film was made, it’s a clear signal of patriotism from star Mary Pickford as she depicts the feisty “Angela”. She’s from wealthy stock and on her birthday is being courted by French “Count Jules” (Raymond Hatton) and by her slight favourite, the Prussian sol...

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