Melissa of the Hills
1917 · 50 min
Drama
★ 8.0Melissa Stark, a young girl in the Tennessee mountains tries to unite feuding families (Allisons & Watts) and help her preacher father, Jethro, while navigating romance with lawyer Tom Williams and a mistaken identity crisis that leads to her father's tragic death, after which the families reconcile. The story involves a newspaper ad for a dress, a mistaken identification of Jethro as a murder fugitive by a deputy sheriff, and a violent confrontation that ends with Jethro's innocence proven but his life lost.
Crew
- Director James Kirkwood
- Writer Maibelle Heikes Justice
Cast
Mary Miles Minter
Melissa Stark
Spottiswoode Aitken
Jethro Stark
Allan Forrest
Tom Williams
George Periolat
Cyrus Kimball
John Gough
Larry Watts
Anne Schaefer
Sally Smith
- P
Perry Banks
Dr. Brand
- G
Gertrude Le Brandt
Mrs. Sanders
- H
Harry Clark
Cutler Sanders
- F
Frank Thompson
Sam Allison
- E
Emma Kluge
Mrs. Watts
- R
R.J. Hand
Grandpa Allison
Crew
- Director — James Kirkwood
- Writer — Maibelle Heikes Justice
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