''Draft 258'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by

Christy Cabanne William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Biography Born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) was educated at the Culver Military ...

. It stars Mabel Taliaferro, Walter Miller, and Earl Brunswick, and was released on November 15, 1917. It is a lost film.

Plot

Cast

Reception

The '' Times-Union'' called it a "big screen sensation", and applauded the re-enactments of the military engagements created by Cabanne. ''

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'' praised it as "the finest war picture ever produced". They were complimentary of the photography, acting, with the latter being marked for realism, without the "sickening sentimentality that distinguishes so many of the screen productions of the present day." ''

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'' gave the film a positive review. They opined it was "a superb production suitable to its great central idea and its thrilling and absorbing story."

Preservation

With no prints of ''Draft 258'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Draft 258''
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* * * {{Christy Cabanne Metro Pictures films Films directed by Christy Cabanne American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films 1917 films 1910s American films