The Girl of Today
Cast & Crew
John Robertson
Corinne Griffith
Marc Macdermott
Charles A. Stevenson
Ida Darling
Webster Campbell
Film Details
Synopsis
During World War I, the beautiful and patriotic Leslie Selden is courted by two ardent admirers: Jack Wynn, a young man not yet taken by the draft, and Dr. Wolff, a Danish scientist who, in reality, is a German agent. When Jack learns that Wolff is masterminding a plot to bomb several munitions factories and destroy the water system in New York City, he goes to the spy's home and confronts him. Wolff locks him up and then forges a note to Leslie claiming that the young man has run away to escape the draft. Her suspicions aroused, Leslie alerts the authorities and plants a dictograph in Wolff's house, through which she learns of the scheduled bombings. Accompanied by the police, she arrives at Wolff's residence just in time to prevent the destruction of the city and Jack's murder.
Director
John Robertson
Cast
Corinne Griffith
Marc Macdermott
Charles A. Stevenson
Ida Darling
Webster Campbell
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
The film's working title was New York, or Danger Within. It was produced with the cooperation of the State Defense Council of New York and filmed at various locations in the state of New York, including the Erie Canal and the State Capitol at Albany. According to a news item, the film reproduced scenes of "thwarted outrages" as reported in official records of New York State, and Governor Charles S. Whitman of New York was to appear in it.
