The Great Love (1918)
70 min
An idealistic young American during World War I, itching to fight the Germans and not wanting to wait until the U.S. joins the war, journeys to Canada, where he enlists in the British army. He is sent to train in England, and then to the front in France, where he's wounded. Returned to England to recuperate from his wounds, he falls in love with the daughter of an Australian minister.
- Release date
- August 11, 1918
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- George Fawcett as The Rev. Josephus Broadplains
- Lillian Gish as Susie Broadplains
- Robert Harron as Jim Young
- Gloria Hope as Jessie Lovewell
- George Siegmann as Mr. Seymour
- Maxfield Stanley as John Broadplains
- Rosemary Theby as Miss Corintee
- Henry B. Walthall as Sir Roger Brighton
- Elizabeth Asquith as Self
- Lily Elsie as Self
Crew
- D.W. Griffith · Director
- D.W. Griffith · Writer
- Stanner E.V. Taylor · Writer
- D.W. Griffith · Producer
- Louis F. Gottschalk · Composer
- G.W. Bitzer · Cinematographer
- George Schneiderman · Cinematographer
- James Smith · Editor