The Price of Applause

The Price of Applause (1918) is a drama, war film directed by Thomas N. Heffron.

In New York's Washington Square, a poet named Karl (Jack Livingston) is the king of art and artifice. But World War I breaks out and the spotlight on him begins to fade, so he dramatically declares his intention to enlist in the British Army. His friend Marcarson announces that he will go with him, keeping Karl to a promise which he hadn't planned to see through.

Cast

Jack Livingston

Karl le Barron

Claire Anderson

Amy

Joe King

Marcarson

Walt Whitman

Professor Arnold