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Summary View of Movie Name Occurs Before Title Offscreen Credit Print Viewed By AFI Stub Record Janice Meredith Director: E. Mason Hopper (Dir) Release Date:   8 Dec 1924 Print this page Display Movie Detail Available Formats Videobrary DVD VHS LaserDisk Cast: Marion Davies  (Janice Meredith)   Holbrook Blinn  (Lord Clowes)   Harrison Ford  (Charles Fownes)   Summary: Following a disappointment in love, Lord Brereton assumes the name of Charles Fownes, arranges passage to the American Colonies as a bondservant, and finds a place with Squire Meredith, a wealthy New Jersey landowner. When Charles falls in love with the squire's daughter, Janice, she is sent to live with an aunt in Boston. Janice learns of the planned British troop movement to the Lexington arsenal and gives the warning that results in Paul Revere's ride. Charles reveals his true station and becomes an aide to Washington. When he is captured by the British, Janice arranges his escape and later helps him learn the disposition of the British troops at Trenton. Janice returns to her home and agrees to marry Philemon Hennion, an aristocrat of her father's choosing. Charles and some Continental troops halt the wedding and confiscate the Meredith lands. Janice flees to Philadelphia, and Charles follows her. He is arrested but is freed when the British general, Howe, recognizes Charles as his old friend, Lord Brereton. Janice and her father retire with the British to Yorktown. During the bombardment by Washington's forces, Lord Clowes binds Janice and abducts her in his coach. Charles rescues her. With peace restored, Janice and Charles meet at Mount Vernon, where they are to be married in the presence of President Washington.  Distribution Company: Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corp. Production Company: Cosmopolitan Pictures Director: E. Mason Hopper (Dir)   E. J. Babille (Asst dir) Writer: Lillie Hayward (Scen)   Lillie Hayward (Adpt) Subject Major: Boston (MA)   Charles Cornwallis   Benjamin Franklin   Alexander Hamilton   Patrick Henry   William Howe   Thomas Jefferson   Mothíer, Gilbert du, Marquis de Lafayette   Charles Lee   Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793   Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793   Mount Vernon (VA)   New Jersey   Paul Revere   United States--History--Revolutionary War, 1776-1783   George Washington Display Movie Detail

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