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The Little American

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A young woman follows after two European suitors who were called back home at the outbreak of World War I.

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Harvey O'Higgins The New Republic 07/14/2021
You might go a long way and see a great deal of famous acting without meeting [Pickford's] expression of an emotion, so true, so poignant and so beautiful. Go to Full Review Clipper Staff New York Clipper 05/12/2021
Mary Pickford is always Mary Pick- ford, and her work is up to her standard but, in this picture she must divide attention with the gripping story. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/18/2004
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Basically a WW1 propaganda film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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bill t @Spuzz 05/02/2020 I enjoyed this one, though it's patriotic heart on the sleeve (or blouse!) got a little heavy handed in parts. Mary Pickford has two suitors, a frenchman and a German. She can't make up her mind.. But then the war starts, conveniently putting the two on opposite sides! Mary comes over to France for an unrelated matter, but is soon on the frontline. She announces that she's gonna nurse the wounded come hell or high water! And so on. The two suitors do catch up with her of course, and la de da. See more 05/29/2012 A thrilling story of espionage, war and love. A young Franco-American woman goes to her ancestral home in France, for the chance to run into her German-American fiance, who has been shipped off to fight The Great War in France. Through bravery and wits, the two survive to eventually be shipped back to America to live and love the rest of their lives in peace. Again, Mary Pickford is extremely watchable. See more Read all reviews
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Cecil B. DeMille

Director

Mary Pickford

Angela Moore

Jack Holt

Karl Von Austreim

Hobart Bosworth

German Colonel

James Neill

Sen. John Moore

Guy Oliver

Frederick Von Austreim
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young woman follows after two European suitors who were called back home at the outbreak of World War I.
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Genre
War
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 17, 2020
Runtime
1h 21m
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