The Call to Arms
When the Feudal Lord and his bride were visited by their cousin at a time when this Lord was presenting to his bride the family heirloom the Great Ruby of Irskaat, the cousin coveted it, and was determined to secure it. The Lord r...
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"In this costume drama, Henry B. Walthall is married to Marion Leonard. The family heirloom is a rich necklace. When Walthall is summoned to battle by his lord, he leaves Miss Leonard in his castle, protected by the family servants. But his cousin, Joseph Graybill, wants both the heirloom and Miss Leonard. He kills most of the servants and besieges his prey in a room, while Mary Pickford, who has escaped, seeks out Walthall to come rescue his lady. The best part of this movie is the early sequences, in which Walthall and Miss Leonard appear not so much to be walking, but dancing through their ..."
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The opening of John Updike's 1996 novel "In the Beauty of the Lillies" takes place within the filming of "The Call to Arms" when Mary Pickford faints in the heat and falls off a horse!
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When the Feudal Lord and his bride were visited by their cousin at a time when this Lord was presenting to his bride the family heirloom the Great Ruby of Irskaat, the cousin coveted it, and was determined to secure it. The Lord r...