The Undercurrent
Cast & Crew
Wilfrid North
Guy Empey
Florence Evelyn Martin
Vera Boehm
Marguerite Courtot
Betty Blythe
Film Details
Synopsis
Jack Duncan returns from the war in France to his wife and baby and learns that his job as a draftsman at the Loring Steel Mills has been taken. Given work in the machine shop, Jack becomes the prey of Red agitators who want him because of his popularity with soldiers. The Reds cause Jack's discharge just when his house payments come due, and when they convince him of the injustice of his situation, he joins their ranks. After learning of plans to burn the factory and Loring's home, and start a riot in the town, Jack is won over by a socialist's arguments advocating mild reforms. At a meeting of workingmen, Jack praises Americanism. He warns Loring and, with soldiers at a nearby camp, quells the riot. After a woman agitator kills her comrades and then shoots herself, Jack arrives home to save his wife from an attack by a Red ringleader. Jack is then made a foreman at the mill.
Director
Wilfrid North
Cast
Guy Empey
Florence Evelyn Martin
Vera Boehm
Marguerite Courtot
Betty Blythe
William Dunn
Charles A. Stevenson
Betty Hutchinson
Eugene Strong
Frederick R. Buckley
Arthur Donaldson
Frank Norcross
Harry Lee
Edward Elkas
Roland Osborne
Victor A. Stewart
Joseph A. Donahue
Lilla May Lowry
William H. Stucky
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
The film, originally entitled Hell on Earth, was shot at the Biograph studios in New York. During production, the Guy Empey Pictures Corp. was formed; this company became the copyright claimant. The film opened in New York on November 16, 1919. While reviews list the film as six reels in length, the copyright entry gives the length as seven reels.
