The Spirit of the USA (1924)
1924 · Ephemeral film · 15 min · dir. Emory Johnson
Afire with the Heart Blood of Every Mother in the Universe
- Drama
Synopsis
Johnnie Gains, son of a farming couple, is industrious and imbued with a spirit of sacrifice. Rejected for military service because of an eye injury, he enlists in the Salvation Army.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Emory Johnson
- Writer
- Emilie Johnson
- Cinematography
- Leon Eycke
- Studio
- Emory Johnson Productions
- Released
- 1924-05-18
- Running time
- 15 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
Emory Johnson Director
Johnnie Walker
Mary Carr
Rosemary Cooper
Carl Stockdale
Gloria Grey
Richard Morris- David Kirby
- Mark Fenton
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Rah rah USA! · Spuzz · 2021-12-09
So this is the first reel of a drama, and let's see if I can interpret what's going on. A business wants a farm to sell their land to them so they can dam up the river that runs through it. The business owner goes to the farm with his daughter. One of the farmer's sons has the hots for the daughter, and asks her to go to the barn dance. The son then asks dad for money by selling a few bags of wheat or whatever for clothes. No can do says Dad. Then a SECOND brother decides to break into the barn to steal the wheat for his own money (for what reasons, it's not explained) but the brothers soon…