John Harrison (Charles Richman) and Virginia Vandergriff (Norma Talmadge) face enemy leader Emanon (L. Rogers Lytton) while Virginia's mother and sister fearfully view an enemy soldier in The Battle Cry of Peace.
Directed by
Wilfrid North J. Stuart Blackton
Written by
J. Stuart Blackton (scenario)
Based on
Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim
Produced by
J. Stuart Blackton
Cinematography
Leonard Smith Arthur T. Quinn
Music by
S. L. Rothapfel S. M. Berg Ivan Rudisill
Production company
Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by
V-L-S-E, Incorporated
Release date
August 6, 1915 (1915-08-06) (New York City)[1]
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
Silent (English intertitles)
The Battle Cry of Peace is a 1915 American silent war film directed by Wilfrid North and J. Stuart Blackton, one of the founders of Vitagraph Company of America who also wrote the scenario. The film is based on the book Defenseless America, by Hudson Maxim, and was distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. The film stars Charles Richman, L. Rogers Lytton, and James W. Morrison.[2]
Alternate titles for this film were A Call to Arms and The Battle Cry of War. In the UK, the film was called An American Home. A sequel followed in 1917, Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation.
^Slide, Anthony (1976). The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-8108-0967-3.
^Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association (1915). The Moving Picture World, Volume 25, Issues 4–6. Chalmers Publishing Company. p. 795.
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