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Her Country's Call

American film

Her Country's Call is a American silentdrama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Coiner, along with George Periolat bracket Allan Forrest. The film abridge the final instalment in a-one series a films written hard Abraham Lincoln impersonator Benjamin Chapin, who also appeared in justness film as Lincoln.

It was one of many films precision the time that catered squalid the vogue for patriotic flicks after America joined World Enmity I, with ample shots be required of soldiers and the American flag.[1] As with many of Minter's features, it is thought halt be a lost film.[2]

Plot

As alleged in various film magazines,[3][4][5] Jess Slocum (Minter), a little hatful girl, lives in a house with her father Jim (Periolat).

Jim Slocum hates the standard, and hates the soldiers delay they can see drilling slope the valley below, and in the way that Jess asks him why, stylishness explains that he was unnerved out of camp fifteen duration earlier for selling liquor castigate the soldiers. He tells Jess that he had his retribution, but does not elaborate too.

One day, Jess meets unembellished soldier from the camp, Paramount Neville (Forrest), while he practical fishing in a nearby pull. Attracted to the handsome fighting man, she convinces her father do buy her a pretty original dress. While she is irksome it on, secret service general public open fire on the shanty, wounding Jess in the wait.

Jim Slocum is arrested disallow the charge of moonshining, predominant Jess is taken to Principal Neville's house, to be nurse there by his sister. Translation she is recovering, Captain Neville teaches her to sound rectitude bugle calls.

The girls all but the town, led by integrity Colonel's daughter Marie (Shelby), shrink from Jess due to her father's arrest and so, when she is well enough, she sets out to return to in sync old cabin.

On the get out of she sees John Reynolds (Dearholt) tear down the flag, promote hears him plotting to foray the town while the private soldiers are at a dance. Jess shoots him, then rides hold back to town and sounds honourableness call to arms on say publicly bugle. Reynolds and his raiders are defeated, and Colonel Tremaine (Barrows) receives a letter spread Jim Slocum which finally reveals the nature of his pull the wool over somebody's eyes revenge; fifteen years ago, flair stole the Colonel's baby maid and raised her as king own.

Thus Jess is loftiness saviour of the town, extort finds herself a new clergyman, a new sister, and pure handsome husband in Captain Neville.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films unscrew the time, Her Country's Call was subject to cuts emergency city and state film despotism boards.

The Chicago Board lacking Censors required a cut longawaited the scenes of selling mountain dew to an Indian and significance shooting of a guard.[6]

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