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Status
Released
Release
1917
Runtime
50m
The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involvement in World War I.
27 Cast Members
Edith Wynne Matthison
Prologue
Douglas Wood
Herald - Flemish episode
Ethel Barrymore
Flanders / Belgium - Flemish & Final episodes
Kitty Gordon
Bruges - Flemish episode
Margaret Moreland
Ghent - Flemish episode
Adelaide Prince
Ypres - Flemish episode
Olive Tell
Louvain - Flemish episode
Irene Fenwick
Herald - Italian episode
Montgomery Irving
The Alps - Italian episode (as Dr. Montgomery Irving)
Annette Kellerman
The Mediterranean - Italian episode
Josephine Drake
The Adriatic - Italian episode
Ethel McDonough
Leader of the Lakes - Italian episode
Norman Trevor
Herald - English episode
George Backus
King John - English episode
Marjorie Wood
Queen - English episode
Macklyn Arbuckle
Baron Fitz-Walter - English episode (as Maclyn Arbuckle)
Lumsden Hare
The Archbishop of Canterbury - English episode
Frank Keenan
The Secretary - English episode
Frederick Truesdell
The Papal Legate - English episode
Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin
Dance, The Pavane - French episode
