Film

Draft 258

1917 · 40m · Drama

The Picture of the Hour for All Americans

Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for induction, but he refuses. Mary, on the other hand, is intensely patriotic and comes up with a plan to shame him into reporting for induction. Meanwhile, Matthew is being set up for a patsy by a gang of German secret agents, led by Van Bierman, who are planning to blow up an airplane factory.

Mabel Taliaferro

Mary Alden

Walter Miller

John Graham

Eugene Borden

George Alden

William H. Tooker

Amiel Van Bierman

Sidney D'Albrook

Italian

Robert Anderson

Nicolo Reisso

Earl Brunswick

Matthew Alden

Sue Balfour

Mrs. Alden

Camille Dalberg

Marcita Blein

Baby Ivy Ward

Belgian child

Edwin Boring

Kaiser

James Cogan

Warren Cook

Joan Edis

Millicent Fisher

Asta Fleming

• Christy CabanneWriter · Director
• June MathisWriter
• Mildred RichterEditor

Release date

November 15, 1917

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

40m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama

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