Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

1917 film by J. Stuart Blackton and William P. S. Earle

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

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Directed by| J. Stuart Blackton
William P. S. Earle
Written by| Helmer W. Bergman
J. Stuart Blackton
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Produced by| J. Stuart Blackton
Starring| Alice Joyce
Harry T. Morey
Cinematography| Clark R. Nickerson
Edited by| Albert J. Ohlson

Production
company

Vitagraph

Distributed by| V-L-S-E, Inc.

Release date

* April 9, 1917 (1917-04-09) (US)[1]

Running time

| 7 reels
Country| United States
Language| English

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation is a 1917 American lost silent drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and William P. S. Earle, and written by Blackton, Helmer W. Bergman, and Cyrus Townsend Brady. It is a sequel to the 1915 movie The Battle Cry of Peace. The film stars Alice Joyce and Harry T. Morey. It is a lost film.

## Plot[edit]

Traveling in Europe, Mary Ward fascinates Count Darius of Ruritania who asks her in marriage. Promising him an answer, Mary returns to the United States via Manila. Passing through the Philippines, he learns that New York was unexpectedly attacked by Ruritania and, in the course of the attack, his mother and sister were killed. Paul Strong, an American politician, takes Mary back to her homeland and in New York opens a campaign to reorganize the army. Paul's sister Jane, who shows up at the rallies impersonating Joan of Arc to inflame the souls of the patriots, is killed. Mary uses her fascination with Dario, whose father is in charge of the forces of Ruritania, to steal military secrets from him. Count Dario is shot by his father, The Marshal Prince Dario for disobedience of orders. Among wounded veterans - like Philip, Mary's brother, blind from the war -, espionage and battles, the United States manages to win the war led by Paul to victory and defeat the Rurite army. He and Mary, hugging each other in New York, now happily observe a once again prosperous and peaceful city.

## Cast list[edit]

* Alice Joyce as Mary Ward
* Harry T. Morey as Paul Strong
* Naomi Childers as Jane Strong
* Joseph Kilgour as Marshal Prince Dario
* Walter McGrail as Count Dario
* Mary Maurice as Julia Strong
* James Morrison as Philip Ward
* Peggy Hyland as Alice Renfrow
* Templar Saxe as Baron Reyva
* Bobby Connolly as the little boy
* Edward Elkas as Ortos
* Bernard Siegel as Carl, the spy
* John Costello as Prime minister
* Theodore Roosevelt as Himself

## See also[edit]

* The Battle Cry of Peace
* Invasion literature

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2020.

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Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton

Feature films|

* The Life of Moses (1909)
* The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
* Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
* The Judgment House (1917)
* Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)
* Life's Greatest Problem (1918)
* The World for Sale (1918)
* The Common Cause (1919)
* My Husband's Other Wife (1920)
* Passers By (1920)
* The House of the Tolling Bell (1920)
* Respectable by Proxy (1920)
* Man and His Woman (1920)
* The Blood Barrier (1920)
* The Forbidden Valley (1920)
* The Glorious Adventure (1922)
* A Gipsy Cavalier (1922)
* The Virgin Queen (1923)
* On the Banks of the Wabash (1923)
* Between Friends (1924)
* Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924)
* The Beloved Brute (1924)
* The Clean Heart (1924)
* Behold This Woman (1924)
* The Happy Warrior (1925)
* The Redeeming Sin (1925)
* Tides of Passion (1925)
* Bride of the Storm (1926)
* Hell-Bent for Heaven (1926)
* The Gilded Highway (1926)
* The Passionate Quest (1926)
* The American (1927)

Short films|

* The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898)
* The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
* Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
* The Automobile Thieves (1906)
* The Haunted Hotel (1907)
* A Curious Dream (1907)
* Macbeth (1908)
* Romeo and Juliet (1908)
* Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
* Oliver Twist (1909)
* Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)
* Les Misérables (1909)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)

Related|

* Vitagraph Studios
* Paula Blackton (wife)
* Marian Constance Blackton (daughter)

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