The Girl Who Stayed at Home

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

69 mins | Drama, War | March 23, 1919

Ralph visits France with his father, a shipbuilder, and falls in love with Blossom, the granddaughter of his father's friend, a Civil war veteran not reconciled with the Union. Blossom, however, is engaged to a French nobleman. When the war breaks out, Ralph enlists, while his brother Jim, a heartbreaker, is drafted.

The Girl Who Stayed at Home

69 mins | Drama, War | March 23, 1919

The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Ralph visits France with his father, a shipbuilder, and falls in love with Blossom, the granddaughter of his father's friend, a Civil war veteran not reconciled with the Union. Blossom, however, is engaged to a French nobleman. When the war breaks out, Ralph enlists, while his brother Jim, a heartbreaker, is drafted.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers D.W. Griffith Productions
Original title The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers Stanner E.V. Taylor, D.W. Griffith

Cast

Adolph Lestina

as Mr. France

Carol Dempster

as Atoline France

Frances Parks

as The chum

Richard Barthelmess

as Ralph Grey

Robert Harron

as James Grey

Syn De Conde

as Count de Brissac

George Fawcett

as Edward Grey

Kate Bruce

as Mrs. Edward Grey

Edward Peil Sr.

as Turnverein Terror

Clarine Seymour

as Cutie Beautiful

Tully Marshall

as Cutie's old friend

David Butler

as Johann August Kant

Joseph Scott

as Himself (as The Hon. Joseph Scott, Head of the Draft Exemption Board)

E.H. Crowder

as Himself (as Provost Marshal Gen. E.H. Crowder)

General March

as Himself

Newton Baker

as Himself (as Secretary of War Newton Baker) (as Secretary of War Newton Bakr)