World War I impacted the filmmaking of Thomas Ince, beyond stories about the conflict, as I reveal in my Ince biography. The war also had a domestic impact, causing changes in social mores that overturned conventions. In Paris Green (1920), scripted by Julien Josephson and directed by Jerome Storm, Luther (Charles Ray) leaves the small town of Quigley's Corners to enlist, leaving behind Edith, who promises to wait for him. During his brief time in Paris, he meets the charming French lass Ninon. However, upon his return, Luther learns that not only did Edith not keep her promise, she already has a baby. Only when Ninon arrives in America in search of her only surviving relative in the wake of the conflict do she and Luther find one another, recouping him from the disillusionment of war.
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