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On Dangerous Ground (1917 film)
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Wikipedia article
'On Dangerous Ground' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and starring Carlyle Blackwell and Gail Kane. It was distributed by the World Film Company.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14134 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'On Dangerous Ground']
Plot
Set at the beginning of World War I before America was involved, Blackwell plays a neutral American in Germany who watches his pal get drafted by the German war machine. As he prepares to leave Germany, he surprisingly finds a suitcase full of women's clothes in his hotel room. This discovery is soon followed by the woman herself (Gail Kane) who is a spy trying to get a vial of secret papers to the French authorities. She persuades Blackwell pose as her husband and help her escape Germany.
Cast
*Carlyle Blackwell as Howard Barton
*Gail Kane as Louise
*Stanhope Wheatcroft as Hugo Grossman
*William Bailey as Ritter Boehm
*Frank Leigh as Trapadoux
*Florence Ashbrooke as Bertha
*John Burkell as Hans
Status
The film exists in the Library of Congress collection.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1927/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'On Dangerous Ground'] A DVD was released by Edward Lorusso with an original music score by Lorusso in March 2018.
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