Doing Their Bit
NR 1918 · 50 min · Comedy, Drama
Little Kate and Janie O'Dowd are sent to their wealthy American uncle, Michael O'Dowd, after their Irish father loses his life on a World War I battlefield. Having been locked accidentally into O'Dowd's munitions plant one evening, the children catch sight of their intoxicated cousin Miles O'Dowd admitting two men into the factory. The girls recognize the two as spies they had seen on the boat to America sending signals to a German submarine. After the spies knock Miles cold, the children trap them in a die-stamping machine until help arrives.
Directed by Kenean Buel · Written by Kenean Buel
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Jane Lee Janie O'Dowd -
Katherine Lee Kate O'Dowd -
Franklyn Hanna Michael O'Dowd - G Gertrude Le Brandt Bridget McCann O'Dowd
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Alexander Hall Miles O'Dowd - B Beth Ivins Patricia O'Dowd
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Kate Lester Mrs. Velma Vanderspent - W William Pollard Alfred Caesar Vanderspent
- J Jay Strong Jerry Flynn
- A Aimee Abbott Mrs. Mary Flynn
- E Eddie Sturgis German Spy
- R R.R. Neill German Spy
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