A 1917 propaganda fever dream where women save NYC from invasion with hidden bombs and patriotic fury.
When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the U.S. and captures New York. But the American forces have prepared adequately for such an event, and hidden booby traps, trick fortifications, and remote-controlled bombs...
Production
Elaborate invasion sequences for 1917 — budget went to explosions, not subtlety.
Costume
Women's Red Cross uniforms as heroic armor — fashion as ideological weapon.
Director
J. Stuart Blackton
Alice Joyce
Mary Ward
Harry T. Morey
Paul Strong
Naomi Childers
Jane Strong
Joseph Kilgour
Marshal Prince Dario
Walter McGrail
Count Dario
Mary Maurice
Julia Strong
James Morrison
Philip Ward
Peggy Hyland
Alice Renfrow
Templar Saxe
Baron Reyva
Bobby Connelly
Little Boy
Edward Elkas
Ortos
Bernard Siegel
The spy Carl
Theodore Roosevelt
Self
Woodrow Wilson
Self
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months after U.S. entered WWI; Blackton literally invented this propaganda subgenre.
Considered lost until fragments resurfaced — most 'patriotic' scenes survive only in descriptions, which may be for the best.
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