The Battle Cry of Peace

The Battle Cry of Peace
John Harrison (Charles Richman) and Virginia Vandergriff (Norma Talmadge) face enemy leader Emanon (L. Rogers Lytton) while Virginia's mother and sister fearfully view an enemy soldier in The Battle Cry of Peace.
Directed byWilfrid North
J. Stuart Blackton
Written byJ. Stuart Blackton (scenario)
Based onDefenseless America
by Hudson Maxim
Produced byJ. Stuart Blackton
CinematographyLeonard Smith
Arthur T. Quinn
Music byS. L. Rothapfel
S. M. Berg
Ivan Rudisill
Production
company
Distributed byV-L-S-E, Incorporated
Release date
  • August 6, 1915 (1915-08-06) (New York City)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Battle Cry of Peace is a 1915 American silent war film directed by Wilfrid North and J. Stuart Blackton, one of the founders of Vitagraph Company of America who also wrote the scenario. The film is based on the book Defenseless America, by Hudson Maxim, and was distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. The film stars Charles Richman, L. Rogers Lytton, and James W. Morrison.

Alternate titles for this film were A Call to Arms and The Battle Cry of War. In the UK, the film was called An American Home. A sequel followed in 1917, Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation.