Patria
Patria (pronounced PAY-tree-uh, as in patriot) is a 1917 15-chapter American serial film starring Irene Castle, Milton Sills, and Warner Oland, based on the novel The Last of the Fighting Channings by Louis Joseph Vance. Patria was an independent film serial funded by William Randolph Hearst in the lead-up to the United States' entry into World War I. The film in its original form contained anti-Japanese propaganda and was investigated by a Senate committee. The Argentine title for the film was La Heroina de Nueva York. At least several fragments of the film survive.
Plot
Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr.
More details
author | Charles W. Goddard J.B. Clymer Louis Joseph Vance |
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director | Jacques Jaccard Leopold Wharton Theodore Wharton |
genre | adventure drama |
keywords | across the border begin secret service |
producer | Leopold Wharton Theodore Wharton William Randolph Hearst |
productionCompany | International Film Service |
publisher | Pathé Exchange |
theme | independent propaganda war |