War Brides

Synopsis

Joan is loved by a young man of the village and they are married. In a few weeks the husband, a soldier, is sent to the war-front along with his three brothers. Word is received that her husband has been killed in battle and Joan's first impulse is suicide by she is pregnant and her prospective motherhood makes her realize her new responsibility. The military authorities start a movement to get the young women of the country to marry departing soldiers, so that the empire may have another generation of fighting men. Word is received that the King is to pass through their village and Joan organizes the women in a general protest against the war. She leads them all, dressed in black, in a long procession to meet the Monarch. The soldiers threaten to shoot her unless she turns the women back, buy Joan comes face-to-face with the ruler and kills herself, as her message from the women that they refuse to make another generation victims of a ruthless militarism.

Main Cast

Alla Nazimova

Joan

Age : 66 | Popularity : 5%

Charles Hutchison

George

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

Charles Bryant

Franz

Age : 69 | Popularity : 3%

William Bailey

Eric

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Richard Barthelmess

Arno

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Nila Mac

Amelia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gertrude Berkeley

The Mother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	J. Roy Hunt
Writing	Screenplay	Herbert Brenon
	Scenario Writer	Herbert Brenon
	Theatre Play	Marion Craig Wentworth
Directing	Director	Herbert Brenon
Production	Producer	Lewis J. Selznick
Department	Role	Name

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