Mary Pickford
The Little American [BLU-RAY/DVD COMBO] [1917]
Mary Pickford stars as Angela Moore, a young American passenger on a boat torpedoed by the Germans at the onset of World War I, in 1914. Trapped by the enemy in a French chateau, Angela bravely faces the horrors of war, and the terrible pain of heartbreak. La Grande Observer states on August 4th, 1917, “Angela Moore is forced to face experiences that would try the soul of the bravest and Mary Pickford’s performance is not found wanting.” The Little American is a timeless classic filled with drama, romance, and the epic scenes that will come to be identified with the grand cinematic experience of a film by Cecil B. DeMille.
Cast
Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Walter Long, James Neill, Guy Oliver, Edythe Chapman,Lillian Leighton,DeWitt Jennings, Wallace Beery, Norman Kerry
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Producer
Mary Pickford, Cecil B. DeMille
Cinematography
Alvin Wyckoff
Writer
Jeanie Macpherson, Cecil B. DeMille and Clarence J. Harris (uncredited)
Music
Adam Chavez
Bonus Features
■ Commentary track by Marc Wanamaker, author & film historian
■ Liner Notes/Pictorial Booklet by the Mary Pickford Foundation
■ Extensive Photo Gallery by Tiffany L Clayton
■ A Lodging for the Night, an American Biograph short film released May 9th, 1912. Newly mastered in HD with an original score by Adam Chavez.
Reviews
“One-hundred miles of the ordinary war film could never give the intimate personal view off the world’s conflict that is found in Mary Pickford’s new film, ‘The Little American’. The wonderful direction of Cecil B. DeMille have given ‘Our Mary’ the best vehicle she has ever appeared in.”
– The Baltimore Sun, July 29th, 1917
“Little Mary Pickford, in a timely patriotic photoplay, ‘The Little American’ will be the big attraction at the Lowe’s DeKalb Theater. As Angela Moore, the little American girl, who braves the dangers of the war zone, little Mary appears in what is easily thought to be the greatest dramatic effort of her career.”
– The Chat, Brooklyn, July 14th, 1917
“Such a flood of favorable criticism has descended upon Little Mary as a result, of her work in ‘The Little American’, that the picture has turned out to be the biggest drawing card in years.”
– The Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa, July 11th, 1917
Available June10th, 2025 The Little American
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