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The Courage of the Common Place (1917)
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The Courage of the Common Place (1917)

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John McLean fails to obtain the coveted honor of selection to the Senior Society at Yale, but is cheered by a letter from his father who reminds him that the courage of the commonplace is the greatest of all. Nevertheless, the girl he ...See moreJohn McLean fails to obtain the coveted honor of selection to the Senior Society at Yale, but is cheered by a letter from his father who reminds him that the courage of the commonplace is the greatest of all. Nevertheless, the girl he loves leaves without bidding him goodbye and John, not knowing that her grief over his failure was the cause, assumes that she has lost faith in him. Three years later, John graduates from Boston Tech and is appointed superintendent of the Big Oriel Mine. Conditions are deplorable at his post and John sets out to win the confidence of the men, which he succeeds in doing, winning all but a few miners led by the foreman O'Hara. When a fire breaks out in the mine, the two adversaries are trapped in a shaft. O'Hara loses his mind and attacks his comrades but is knocked senseless by John. Relief arrives just in time and John finds himself a hero, not only to O'Hara and his former foes, but to the world outside. At the Yale commencement, he is praised in a speech by the president, feted by his classmates, and his happiness is made complete when the girl confesses her love for him. See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Leslie Austin Johnny McLean Johnny McLean See fewer	Mrs. Dane's Defense (1918)
William Calhoun Henry McLean Henry McLean See fewer	Peter Stuyvesant (1924)
Mildred Havens The Girl The Girl See fewer	The Sins of Society (1915)
Jessie Stevens Mrs. O'Hara Mrs. O'Hara See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
William Wadsworth Brady Brady See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
Lucia Moore The Girl's Mother The Girl's Mother See fewer	Little Miss Happiness (1916)
Stanhope Wheatcroft Brant (as Stanley Wheatcroft) Brant (as Stanley Wheatcroft) See fewer	Three X Gordon (1918)
Ben La Mar Terence O'Hara Terence O'Hara See fewer	The Courage of the Common Place (1917)
Charlotte Lambert Mrs. Brady Mrs. Brady See fewer	In Mizzoura (1914)
Lima Kaya Babe Thomas Babe Thomas See fewer	The Courage of the Common Place (1917)
Edward O'Connor Janitor Janitor See fewer	The Gilded Kidd (1914)
Arthur Twining Hadley Self (president of Yale University) Self (president of Yale University) See fewer	The Courage of the Common Place (1917)