Draft 258

Story

Synopsis

Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for induction, but he refuses. Mary, on the other hand, is intensely patriotic and comes up with a plan to shame him into reporting for induction. Meanwhile, Matthew is being set up for a patsy by a gang of German secret agents, led by Van Bierman, who are planning to blow up an airplane factory.

Director

Christy Cabanne

Writers

Christy Cabanne, June Mathis

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

15 November 1917

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Mabel Taliaferro

  Mary Alden

• 

  Walter Miller

  John Graham

• 

  Eugene Borden

  George Alden

• 

  William H. Tooker

  Amiel Van Bierman

• 

  Sidney D'Albrook

  Italian

• 

  Robert Anderson

  Nicolo Reisso

• Earl Brunswick

  Matthew Alden

• Sue Balfour

  Mrs. Alden

• 

  Camille Dalberg

  Marcita Blein

• 

  Baby Ivy Ward

  Belgian child

• Edwin Boring

  Kaiser

• James Cogan