Two Irish orphans, a drunk cousin, and a die-stamping machine walk into a spy trap.
Little Kate and Janie O'Dowd are sent to their wealthy American uncle, Michael O'Dowd, after their Irish father loses his life on a World War I battlefield. Having been locked accidentally into O'Dowd's munitions plant one evening, the children catch sight of their intoxicated cousin Miles O'Dowd admitting two men into the factory. The girls recognize the two as spies they had seen on the boat to America sending signals to a German submarine. After the spies knock Miles cold, the children trap them in a die-stamping machine until help arrives.
Practical Effects
Die-stamping machine as improvised spy prison — peak 1918 problem-solving.
Acting
Jane and Katherine Lee: actual sisters, actual chaos energy.
Director
Kenean Buel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
WWI propaganda films like this were government-sanctioned morale boosters, with children as patriotic symbols who could spot German threats adults missed.
The Lee sisters were a packaged silent film deal — 'Baby' Jane and Katherine appeared together in multiple Kenean Buel productions for Fox.
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