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The Common Cause

19191h 10mMovieComedyDrama

Helene Palmer and her husband Orrin have grown apart, and she becomes infatuated with bachelor Edward Wadsworth. With the outbreak of World War I, Orrin and Edward enlist, while Helene works as a Red Cross nurse in a small French town.…

DirectorJ. Stuart Blackton
WritersIan Hay·Anthony Paul Kelly
ProducerJ. Stuart Blackton

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Cast · Directed by J. Stuart Blackton

ESEffie Shannon
Effie Shannon
Belgium (prologue)
ICIrene Castle
Irene Castle
France (prologue)
VHViolet Heming
Violet Heming
Britannia (prologue)
JAJulia Arthur
Julia Arthur
Italy (prologue)
MRMarjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau
Columbia (prologue)
HRHerbert Rawlinson
Herbert Rawlinson
Orrin Palmer
SBSylvia Breamer
Sylvia Breamer
Helene Palmer
HGHuntley Gordon
Huntley Gordon
Edward Wadsworth
LGLawrence Grossmith
Lawrence Grossmith
Tommy Atkins
LDLouis Dean
Louis Dean
German General
CB
Charles Stuart Blackton
Little Belgian Refugee
VB
Violet Virginia Blackton
Little Belgian Refugee

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The Common Cause hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 23, 1919. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.