The Enemy (1927 film)

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The Enemy (1927 film) is a silent drama that portrays the personal and social toll of World War I on a young couple and their family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
feature film
silent film
basedOn The Enemy (1927 film) self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Enemy (play)
basedOnWorkBy Channing Pollock
belongsToMovement Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Hollywood studio era
cinematographyBy William H. Daniels
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Fred Niblo
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Margaret Booth
featuresElement battlefield absence (home front focus)
filmEra silent era
filmRuntime approximately 94 minutes
filmStatus partially lost
followsCharacterType young married couple
format black-and-white
hasGenre melodrama
war drama
hasIntertitlesLanguage English
hasTheme anti-war sentiment
economic deprivation
family hardship
pacifism
language Silent
narrativeFocus personal impact of war
social consequences of war
notableFor portrayal of civilian suffering in World War I
originalMedium 35 mm film
preservationStatus survives in incomplete form
producer Irving Thalberg
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1927-12-31
releaseYear 1927
screenwriter Lenore J. Coffee
setDuring World War I
starred Frank Currier
George Fawcett
Karl Dane
Lillian Gish
Polly Moran
Ralph Emerson
Ralph Forbes
starsCharacterPortrayedBy Lillian Gish as Pauli
Ralph Forbes as Carl
subject effects of war on civilians
marital strain during wartime

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