Her Country's Call is a 1917

1917 in film

The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 directed by Lloyd Ingraham.

Plot

Jess Slocum is a mountain girl who was stolen as a baby by moonshiner Jim. She was raised to hate America, but is now taken in by Captain Earle Neville when Jim is sent to jail. Earle takes care of Jess, who is wounded, but she is afraid of her new surroundings and soon runs back to the mountain. On her way back, she overhears a group of Mexican planning to destroy the nearby camp. She rushes back to warn them and is declared a hero. Jim confesses Jess is the daughter of Colonel Tremaine. He took revenge on the Colonel when he was thrown out of the camp. Jess is reunited with her father and falls in love with Earle.

Cast

• Mary Miles Minter
  Mary Miles Minter
  Mary Miles Minter was an American film actress of the silent film era.-Early life and rise to stardom:Born Juliet Reilly in Shreveport, Louisiana, Minter was the daughter of Broadway actress Charlotte Shelby...
  
   - Jess Slocum
• George Periolat
  George Periolat
  George Periolat was an American actor.Born in Chicago, Illinois, George Periolat began his career as a Broadway actor. Making his film debut with the Essanay Studios in Chicago, he moved to Hollywood in 1911 and starred in over 170 films throughout his career...
  
   - Jim Slocum
• Allan Forrest
  Allan Forrest
  Allan Forrest was an American silent film actor.-Life and career:He starred in 119 films mostly silent between 1913 and 1932 in films such as The Torch Bearer, with actresses such as Charlotte Burton....
  
   - Capt. Earle Neville
• Henry A. Barrows
  Henry A. Barrows
  Henry Arthur Barrows was an American actor in films from 1913 to 1936.Henry Barrows was born in Saco, Maine. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1945 and was interred there in the Los Angeles National Cemetery...
  
   - Col. Tremaine
• Margaret Shelby
  Margaret Shelby
  Margaret Shelby was an American stage and motion picture actress, daughter of actress Charlotte Shelby, older sister of silent film star Mary Miles Minter and one of many public figures noted in the scandals which followed the murder of William Desmond Taylor in 1922.-Film career:Born as Margaret...
  
   - Marie Tremaine
• Ashton Dearholt
  Ashton Dearholt
  Ashton Dearholt was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 75 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
  - John Reynolds