The Price of Applause - Cast

The Price of Applause (1918)
50 min | Drama, War

The Price of Applause (1918)

50 min | Drama, War

At the outbreak of World War I, Karl le Barron, an attention-craving Greenwich Village poet of German heritage, declares himself a German sympathizer merely to gain notoriety. With the sinking of the Lusitania, however, his position ...See moreAt the outbreak of World War I, Karl le Barron, an attention-craving Greenwich Village poet of German heritage, declares himself a German sympathizer merely to gain notoriety. With the sinking of the Lusitania, however, his position becomes untenable, and he is soon a patriotic American, claiming that he will fight for the U.S. in France. A coward at heart, Karl is horrified to find himself on the battlefield, and to save himself, he exchanges uniforms with the corpse of a German soldier and later is reported dead himself. Karl is taken prisoner in a British camp, where he learns that his poems, published as the work of a hero killed in a battle, have become immensely popular. Eager to claim his glory, Karl escapes and returns home, only to find that his friends do not recognize him and that his wife Amy has remarried. In the end, Karl lives up to his own heroic reputation by sacrificing his life to thwart a group of German spies. Written by AFI See less

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for The Price of Applause.

Cast	+ Add Cast
4 cast members

Name	Known for
Jack Livingston Karl le Barron Karl le Barron See fewer	The Power Divine (1923)
Claire Anderson Amy Amy See fewer	His Baby Doll (1917)
Joe King Marcarson Marcarson See fewer	Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
Walt Whitman Professor Arnold Professor Arnold See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1921)