The Man Who Stayed at Home
Cast & Crew
Herbert Blaché
King Baggot
Claire Whitney
Robert Whittier
Alexandre Herbert
Lilie Leslie
Film Details
Synopsis
In August 1918, in a Virginia resort town, Christopher Brent is viewed as a slacker because he refuses to enlist. Secretly, Christopher is observing German spies who are passing information about coastal fortifications for invasion preparations. Seeing Christopher consort with Mrs. Miriam Lee, also from the secret service, his fiancée, Molly Preston, who had been bothered by the talk about him, becomes jealous. When Molly's brother Norman discovers a German code book in Mrs. Lee's possession, Christopher, who obtained the book when he destroyed the wireless of the chief spy, Carl Sanderson, who also loves Molly, is suspected of aiding the Germans. After Christopher saves a hotel when the spies ignite a bomb to signal a U-boat, captures a list of enemy spies, kills several spies, and with the help of a U.S. destroyer, sinks the U-boat, he is honored by the town. Molly then asks to be forgiven.
Director
Herbert Blaché
Cast
King Baggot
Claire Whitney
Robert Whittier
Alexandre Herbert
Lilie Leslie
Frank Fisher Bennett
Ricca Allen
Robert Paton Gibbs
Julia Calhoun
Ida Darling
A. Lloyd Lack
Betty Hutchinson
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Notes
Alexandre Herbert also appeared in the first American stage production of this play which was called The White Feather. Betty Hutchinson, a model for James Whistler and other artists, visited the studio and appeared in a cameo role.
