The Light of Victory (1919)
Overview
U.S. Navy Lieutenant George Blenton becomes drunk at an official reception, and his fiancee, Jane Ravenslee, the captain's daughter, breaks their engagement. After war is declared, George, entrusted with a secret code book to deliver to an English admiral, drinks and loses the book which German spies recover. During a private court-martial he is offered a pistol for suicide. After drinking again, he fires a shot, but still lives. Put ashore on the island of Tafofu "to rot," George, hating the U.S., moves in with Lehua, a half-white who tries to wean him from drink.
Cast
Monroe Salisbury
Lieutenant George Blenton
Andrew Robson
Captain Ned Ravenslee
Fred Kelsey
Captain Eric von Prohme
Betty Compson
Jane Ravenslee
Norval MacGregor
Andy
Beatrice Dominguez
Lehua
George Nichols
Otto SchmidtRecommendations
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