Enemies of Children is a lost 1923 silent film drama directed by Lillian Ducey and John M. Voshell. It is the only screen director credit for Ducey and one of two for Voshell. Both were in the film industry in other fields. This was an independent production released by an independent distributor.
, 1h52 Réalisé parJack Pickford, Alfred E. Green OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame ThèmesL'enfance ActeursMary Pickford, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph J. Dowling, Rose Dione, James A. Marcus, Milton Berle Note67% New York, début des années 1880.
"Dearest", la veuve du capitaine Errol, fils cadet du comte de Dorincourt, et son jeune fils, Cedric, ont à peine de quoi survivre. Le comte, sans autre héritier, demande à son notaire, Haversham, de ramener d'Amérique le jeune Cedric pour qu'il soit éduqué avec le titre de Lord Fauntleroy. Quand ils arrivent au château, Dearest, faussement accusée de s'être mariée uniquement pour l'argent du capitaine, est obligée de vivre hors du château, pendant que Cedric, avec son caractère innocent, gagne les faveurs du comte.
Réalisé parWilliam C. de Mille OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame ActeursSessue Hayakawa, Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, Mayme Kelso, Raymond Hatton, Charles Ogle Note60% As described in a film magazine, Kitty Little (Vidor), a German spy under the direction of Dr. Ebell Smith (Ogle), is employed by Major John Northfield (Holt). The spies are anxious to obtain information on the sailing dates of transport ships. Nara-Nara (Hayakawa), a clever Japanese spy, is on the trail of the German spies and suspects Northfield of dishonesty. However, a letter makes him suspect Kitty, whom he has grown to love. Northfield, who also loves Kitty and also suspects her, as a test gives her a blank letter which he tells her to mail as it contains transport sailing dates. Kitty takes the letter to Smith. Nara-Nara follows and in a struggle kills Smith. He then endeavors to force Kitty to go away with him, but she reminds him of his ambition to keep his sword clean and he leaves her. While going to examine the body of Smith, Nara-Nara is killed by one of Smith's accomplices. Northfield comes to Kitty, who is in receipt of a letter from her brother in the German trenches that states he is to be shot for shielding women and children. Kitty becomes a true American and the fiance of Northfield.
As reported in a film publication, Mathias, the struggling innkeeper in an Alsatian hamlet, murders a wealthy Jew who comes to spend a night at the inn in order to pay off debts and a mortgage.