The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Two lovers in a small town in Maryland are torn apart by the Civil War--she is loyal to the south while he heads north to join the federal army, determined to protect the Union. Eventually his unit arrives in his hometown and he is reunited with his lover, but things aren't the way they used to be.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Lambert HillyerDirector
- Agnes Christine JohnstonWriter
Cast
- Florence VidorBarbara Frietchie
- Edmund LoweWilliam Trumbull
- Emmett KingCol. Frietchie
- Joseph BennettJack Negly
- Charles DelaneyArthur Frietchie
- Louis FitzroyCol. Negly
- Gertrude ShortSue Rogers
- Mattie PetersMammy Lou
- Mark HamiltonFred Gelwek
- Jim BlackwellRufus
- George A. BillingsAbraham Lincoln
Stills
Themes
civil warmaryland