Red, White and Blue Blood


1917

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 24, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

John Spaulding saves Helen Molloy-Smythe and her mother, who has recently acquired great wealth, from a train robbery while they are on vacation out West. Some time later, John returns to his father's country estate on Long Island and again saves Helen when she almost drowns. The two fall in love, but when John learns that Helen has a reputation as a society coquette, he plans to teach her a lesson in humility. Learning of his plan, Helen retaliates by accepting the proposal of the fortune-hunting Count Berratti. All ends happily, however, when John saves Helen for a third time and she trades the count's proposal for his.

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 24, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Some sources spell the last names of Spaulding and Molloy-Smythe differently. The character played by Francis X. Bushman was called John Smith in some reviews and John Spaulding in others. According to publicity material in the copyright descriptions, the film included a fox hunt shot near the famous Meadow Hunt Club in Long Island, and several well-known members of Long Island society appeared in golf scenes.