Over the Top (1918 film)

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.

Over the Top
Directed byWilfrid North
Produced byAlbert E. Smith
Written byArthur Guy Empey (book)
Robert Gordon Anderson
StarringArthur Guy Empey
Lois Meredith
James W. Morrison
CinematographyTom Malloy
Production
company
Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed byV-L-S-E
Release date
March 31, 1918
Running time
9 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent
English intertitles

President Woodrow Wilson attended the Washington premiere along with his wife and a number of cabinet members.[1]

Cast

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References

  1. Menne & Long p.87

Bibliography

  • Jeff Menne & Christian B. Long. Film and the American Presidency. Routledge, 2015.
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