In 1915, Talmadge got her big break, starring in Vitagraph's prestigious feature film "The Battle Cry of Peace", an anti-German propagandist drama, but ambitious Peg saw that her daughter's potential could carry them further, and got a two-year contract with National Pictures Company for eight features at $400 per week. Talmadge's last film for Vitagraph was "The Crown Prince's Double". In the summer of 1915, she left Vitagraph. In the five years she had been with Vitagraph, she made over 250 films.