One More American

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = One More American | image = OneMoreAmerican-lobbycardA-1918.jpg | alt = | caption = Lobby card for the film | director = [[William C. deMille]] | producer = [[Jesse L. Lasky]] | screenplay = [[Olga Printzlau]] William C. deMille | starring = [[George Beban]] Marcia Manon [[Mae Giraci]] [[Helen Jerome Eddy]] [[Raymond Hatton]] [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]] | music = | cinematography = [[Charles Rosher]] | editing = | studio = [[Famous Players–Lasky Corporation]] Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company | distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1918|2|25}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English [[intertitle]]s) | budget = | gross = }}

'''''One More American''''' is a 1918 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[William C. deMille]] and written by [[Olga Printzlau]] and William C. deMille. The film stars [[George Beban]], [[Marcia Manon]], [[Mae Giraci]], [[Helen Jerome Eddy]], [[Raymond Hatton]], and [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]]. The film was released on February 25, 1918, by [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499914/one-more-american|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120220034/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499914/One-More-American/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2015|title=One More American (1918) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1982|title=One More American|publisher=AFI|access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref> It is not known whether the film currently survives,<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/O/OneMoreAmerican1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''One More American''] at silentera.com</ref> which suggests that it is a [[lost film]].

==Plot== As described in a [[film magazine]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''One More American'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=12 |page=26 |date=March 16, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi}}</ref> after five years separation Luigi Riccardo (Beban) learns that his wife Maria (Manon) and daughter Tessa (Giraci) are going to join him in America. Although legally not a citizen, in his heart Luigi regards his adopted country with reverence and his refusal to pay [[Graft (politics)|graft]] to Boss Regan (Carpenter) results in his wife and daughter being held at [[Ellis Island]] upon their arrival. Through the assistance of some detectives from the district attorney's office, the Regan scheme is exposed and Luigi's wife and daughter are permitted to enter the country and join him.

==Cast== *[[George Beban]] as Luigi Riccardo *[[Marcia Manon]] as Maria Riccardo (credited as Camille Ankewich) *[[Mae Giraci]] as Tessa Riccardo *[[Helen Jerome Eddy]] as Lucia *[[Raymond Hatton]] as Bump Rundle *[[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]] as Sam Potts *[[Horace B. Carpenter]] as Mike Regan *[[Hector Dion]] as Dr. Ross *May Palmer as Mrs. Ross *[[Ernest Joy]] as Mr. Fearing *[[Pietro Buzzi]] as Piano Player (credited as Signor Buzzi)

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0009447|One More American}}

[[Category:1918 films]] [[Category:1918 English-language films]] [[Category:American silent drama films]] [[Category:1918 drama films]] [[Category:Paramount Pictures films]] [[Category:Films directed by William C. deMille]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:American silent feature films]] [[Category:1918 American films]] [[Category:English-language drama films]]