A Diplomatic Mission

A Diplomatic Mission

1918 · 50 min · Comedy, Drama

On the South Sea island of Somona, an American rough-and-ready hero, Sylvester Todd, punches a German prince for insulting Lady Diana Loring of England. Sylvester flees the island, and at the request of an English official, sails to another province to help quell a native uprising. The German foreman of an English platinum mine on the island plans to destroy it with the assistance of the natives.

Directed by Jack Conway · Written by Don Bartlett

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Earle Williams Sylvester Todd
Grace Darmond Lady Diana Loring
Leslie Stuart Sir John Boyden
Kathleen Kirkham Lady Boyden
J. Gordon Russell Von Goetz

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