The Belgian

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The Belgian
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Advertising published in The Moving Picture World, January 19, 1918
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Written by Frederic Arnold Kummer
Produced by Sidney Olcott
Starring Valentine Grant
Walker Whiteside
CinematographyGeorge K. Hollister
Al Liguori
Distributed byExhibitors' Booking Corp.
Release date
  • January 10, 1918 (1918-01-10)
Running time
7-10 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Belgian is a 1917 American silent film directed by Sidney Olcott [1] and produced by Sidney Olcott Players with Valentine Grant and Walker Whiteside in the leading roles. It is not known whether the film currently survives. [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [3] two simple Belgian folk, Jeanne (Grant) and Victor (Whiteside), love each other. Victor is a gifted sculptor and is taken to Paris for training. There he meets Countess de Vries (Crute) and becomes infatuated. She is a German spy and meets many military men through him. Berger (Randolf), the postmaster in Belgium who is also a German spy, wants Jeanne for his wife. She resists him and goes to the church for protection. The machinations of the German secret service include every possible torment for those oppressed by their power, and when war is declared Jeanne would have suffered greatly had not Berger been killed when Victor was wounded. Jeanne nurses Victor back to health and over his heartbreak for the countess. True love returns, and together they work for Belgium and watch for the troops of a larger but not greater nation to come to their aid.

Cast

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Walker Whiteside and Valentine Grant

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References

  1. ↑ Mavis, Paul (June 8, 2015). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. McFarland. ISBN   9781476604275 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
  3. ↑ "Reviews: The Belgian". Exhibitors Herald. New York: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (20): 29. November 10, 1917.


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