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My Own United States

0 %|Apr 7, 1918|Drama

When his son is reluctant to fight for democracy Philip Nolan II shares with him the secret he has long held, the treason of the first Philip Nolan "The Man Without a Country." He explains how the elder Nolan played into the hands of Aaron Burr; how Thomas Jefferson was elected president over Burr; how Alexander Hamilton prevented the conscienceless Burr becoming governor of New York; the duel between Hamilton and Burr; how Philip Nolan was later arrested on his wedding night for aiding Burr, who had conspired to start a rival government in the south to wage war against the United States, and how he was later banished from the United States for saying "Damn the United States! I wish I might never hear its name again," and how Philip Nolan died kissing the flag of the country he had execrated. Understanding how important freedom is the younger Nolan rushes to enlist.

Featured Crew

John W. Noble
Director
Edward Everett Hale
Story
Anthony Paul Kelly
Scenario Writer
Herbert Oswald Carleton
Director of Photography
W. Bruce Bradley
Art Direction
William L. Sherrill
Presenter

Cast

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Arnold Daly
Lt. Philip Nolan I, II, III, IV
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Sidney Bracey
Capt. Rene Gautier
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Eddie Dunn
Gen. Wilkinson
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Claude Cooper
William Bayard
actor
Mary Carr
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
actor
Anna Lehr
Agnes Churchill
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Frederick Truesdell
Mr. Pendleton
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Charles E. Graham
Col. Aaron Burr
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Duncan McRae
Gen. Alexander Hamilton
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P.R. Scammon
President Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Donnelly
Gen. George Churchill
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John Levering
Justice Col. George Morgan
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F.C. Earle
Andrew Jackson
actor
William V. Miller
Mr. Van Ness
actor
Shorty Hamilton
Lt. Gaines
actor
Fred Herzog
Adm. Stephen Decator
actor
Frank Murray
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
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Gerald Day
President Abraham Lincoln
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Jack Burns
The prosecutor
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Marie Du Chette
Natalie Somers
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Helen Milholland
Theodosia Burr
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Baby Carr
Baby Hamilton
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James A. Furey
John Nolan