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Over There (film)

1917 war drama film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ65045934 ↗
Source-derived summary

Over There is a 1917 American silent war drama film directed by James Kirkwood and starring Charles Richman, Anna Q. Nilsson and Walter McGrail. It was made as a pro-war portrayal of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I and took its name from the popular song Over There.

Cast

Charles Richman as Montgomery Jackson

Anna Q. Nilsson as Bettie Adams

Walter McGrail

Gertrude Berkeley

Walter Hiers

Veta Searl

James A. Furey

References

Bibliography

Diane M. T. North. The State and the People: California During the First World War. University of California, Davis, 2001.

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The public source identifies “Over There (film)” as 1917 war drama film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Over, There and film.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1917. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Over, There and film providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Over There (film)”, the useful work is to connect “1917 war drama film” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q65045934. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Over There (film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.