---
title: 'The Little American (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1917-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-little-american-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008188/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Little American (1917)

1917 · 80 min · Drama, Action, War, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Little American is a 1917 American silent romantic war drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford as an American woman who is in love with both a German soldier and a French soldier during World War I. Art direction for the film was done by Wilfred Buckland. John Hay Beith was technical advisor on the film, credited under his pen name, Ian Hay.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Mary Pickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-pickford), [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille), [Joseph Levering](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-levering)
- **Screenplay:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille), [Jeanie MacPherson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanie-macpherson)
- **Editor:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alvin Wyckoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/alvin-wyckoff)

## Cast

- [Raymond Hatton](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-hatton)
- [DeWitt Clarke Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/dewitt-clarke-jennings)
- [Ben Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-alexander)
- [Jack Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-holt)
- [James Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-neill)
- [Gordon Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-griffith)
- [Ramón Novarro](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramon-novarro)
- [Hobart Bosworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-bosworth)
- [Norman Kerry](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-kerry)
- [Mary Pickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-pickford)
- [Edythe Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edythe-chapman)
- [Sam Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-wood)
- [Wallace Beery](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-beery)
- [Lillian Leighton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lillian-leighton)
- [Colleen Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/colleen-moore)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-little-american-1917
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