Her Country First

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Her Country First
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Directed by James Young
Screenplay by Edith Kennedy
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Vivian Martin
John Cossar
Florence Oberle
J. Parks Jones
Larry Steers
Bernadine Zuber
CinematographyFrank E. Garbutt
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 22, 1918 (1918-09-22)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Her Country First is a 1918 American comedy silent film directed by James Young and written by Edith Kennedy and Mary Roberts Rinehart. The film stars Vivian Martin, John Cossar, Florence Oberle, J. Parks Jones, Larry Steers, and Bernadine Zuber. The film was released on September 22, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

Contents

There are no listings for this film in the Library of Congress's database which suggest that it is a lost film. [3]

Plot

Dorothy Grant returns from boarding school so fired up with patriotism that she organizes her friends into a military company they call the Girls' Aviation Corps with help from a woman farmer who served in the military. Dorothy then discovers that German spies have come to town to get access to her father's munitions plant.

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References

  1. Janiss Garza (2016). "Her-Country-First - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. "Her Country First". AFI. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Her Country First