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PATRIA(pronouncedPAY-tree-uh),a15-episode"preparednessserial"filmedbytheWhartonsinIthaca,NewYork,in1916,casttheJapanese,withwhomwewerenotatwar,asthevillainsinaspystory.Warner"CharlieChan"Olandplaysthechiefvillain,BaronHuroki,whoisdeterminedtogainmunitionsfactoryand"defensefund"heiressPatriaChanning'svastwealthforJapan.<br/> IreneCastleandherhusbandVernonwerefamousdancersintheireraandintroducedsyncopateddancestepsinspiredbyragtimemusicintotheiract.MiltonSills,apopularsilentmovieleadingman,didnotlivelongenoughtomakeitintosoundfilms.MikeRale,playingHuroki'sright-hand-manKatohere,wasaWhartonstudioregular,andbeforefilmingPATRIAhadjustfinishedportrayingtheevilMasterinTHEMYSTERIESOFMYRA.TheexplodingboatscenewasfilmedonCayugaLakeinIthaca.<br/> OnlyreelsfromEpisodes2,3,4and10plusafragmentfromalaterepisodeareknowntosurviveofthisserial.ThisvideoincludesasummaryofEpisode1andthenear-completeEpisode2.Sometitlecards,andtheletterandtelegram,notpresentinthefoundfootage,havebeenreconstructedfromtheoriginalnovel.Also,WarnerOland'scharacternamehasbeenrestoredto"BaronHuroki"--itwaschangedto"ManuelMorales"andhewasreferredtoasaMexicaninarevisedreleaseproducedduetoacomplaintbyWoodrowWilsonregardingtheportrayaloftheJapaneseintheoriginalversionoftheserial.ItwasimpliedthenintherevisionthathisarmywasalsoMexican--althoughclearlytheywerenot.SotoavoidtheawkwardnessofpresentingscenesofactorsinkimonosnamedManuelandJuan,thisrestorationisbeingpresentedinafashionmorecloselyresemblingtheoriginalrelease.
