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Why America Will Win
Also known as [The Land of the Free]
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6060 feet
Directed by Richard Stanton

Cast: Olaf Skavian [General John J. Pershing], Harris Gordon [John J. Pershing, as a youth], A. Alexander [John J. Pershing, as a boy], Ralph C. Faulkner [President Woodrow Wilson], W.E. Whittle [Colonel Theodore Roosevelt], Miss Irving [Mrs. Daniel Pershing], Frank McGlynn [John F. Pershing], Betty Grey [Ann Thompson Pershing], Ernest Maupain [The Kaiser / Field Marshal von Hindenburg], Harry Warwick [King George of England], John Fox Jr. [General Foch], Lieutenant Percy [Prince Frederick William of Germany], John Hennessy [Premier Georges Clemenceau], George Humbert [General Pancho Villa], A. Mintone [Emperor of Japan], P.C. Hartigan [Admiral von Tirpitz], William Canfield [Consul General Von Keuck]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A Fox Big Timely Picture]. / Scenario by Adrian Johnson. Cinematography by H. Cronjager (Henry Cronjager). Presented by William Fox. / © 8 September 1918 by William Fox [LP12853]. Released [?] 1, 8, 13 or 29? September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Documentary.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: General John J. Pershing

Listing updated: 28 November 2023.

References: Pitts-Hollywood p. 8 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.

 
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