Over the Top is a 1918 American silent war film directed by Wilfrid North and starring Arthur Guy Empey, Lois Meredith and James W. Morrison. The film is based on a book of the same name by Empey, detailing his service as an American volunteer with the British Army on the Western Front. Location shooting for the trench scenes took place at Camp Wheeler in Georgia.
President Woodrow Wilson attended the Washington premiere along with his wife and a number of cabinet members.Menne & Long p.87
Cast Arthur Guy Empey as Sergeant James Garrison 'Garry' Owen Lois Meredith as Helen Lloyd James W. Morrison as Albert Lloyd Arthur Donaldson as Friederich von Emden Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Wagner Mary Maurice as Mrs. Margaret McNeal Betty Blythe as Madame Arnot Nellie Anderson as Sonia William Calhoun as Thomas Waldron William H. Stucky as Geoffry Blake
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Bibliography Jeff Menne & Christian B. Long. Film and the American Presidency. Routledge, 2015.
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