''Her Country First'' is a 1918 American

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directed by James Young and written by Edith Kennedy and

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. The film stars Vivian Martin, John Cossar, Florence Oberle, J. Parks Jones,

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, and Bernadine Zuber. The film was released on September 22, 1918, by

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. There are no listings for this film in the

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's database which suggest that it is a lost film.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Her Country First''
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Plot

Dorothy Grant returns from boarding school so fired up with patriotism that she organizes her friends into a military company they call the Girls' Aviation Corps with help from a woman farmer who served in the military. Dorothy then discovers that German spies have come to town to get access to her father's

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plant.

Cast

* Vivian Martin as Dorothy Grant * John Cossar as Franklin Grant * Florence Oberle as Mrs. Grant * J. Parks Jones as Craig Allison *

as Dr. Barnes *Bernadine Zuber as Isabelle Grant * Louis Willoughby as The Butler, William * Jim Farley as Henry The Chauffeur * Lillian Leighton as The Cook, Lena * Jack McDonald as Farmer *

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as Jane * Marcella Daly as Lucie

References

External links

* 1918 films 1910s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1918 comedy films Paramount Pictures films Lost American comedy films Films directed by James Young American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films based on works by Mary Roberts Rinehart 1918 lost films English-language comedy films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub