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The Crisis

5.3 88 mins Drama   History   War   1916
Selig Polyscope Company  
Director(s): Colin Campbell

Stephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor. But she is loyal to the South and Brice is committed to Lincoln's cause. In the course of the war, their convictions separate them, and Virginia becomes engaged to her cousin Clarence Colfax, a Confederate officer. Brice becomes an officer under General Sherman, and eventually finds himself faced with the captured Colfax, facing execution for spying. Brice must decide whether or not to intercede in his rival's behalf.

Casts of The Crisis

George Fawcett

as Judge Silas Whipple

Matt Snyder

as Col. Comyn Carvel

Bessie Eyton

as Virginia Carvel

Tom Santschi

as Stephen Brice

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