Melissa of the Hills (1917)

movie

Country: N/A
Genres: Drama
Release: 1917-07-23
Director: James Kirkwood
Writers: Maibelle Heikes Justice
Language: None | English
Stars: Mary Miles Minter , Spottiswoode Aitken , Allan Forrest , George Periolat , Perry Banks , Harry Clark , Frank Thompson , John Gough , Gertrude Le Brandt , Emma Kluge
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Melissa of the Hills (United States of America) , Melissa of the Hills (United Kingdom) , Melissa of the Hills , Mary l'enfant volée (France, French Republic) , 山のメリザ (Japan)
Plot: In the Tennessee hills, the feuding Allison and Watts families pay no heed to the preachings and sacrifices of Jethro Stark, a self-styled evangelist, whose motherless daughter Melissa dispels quarrels among children of the feuding families, takes care of her father, and invents money-making schemes to relieve their poverty. While struggling young lawyer Tom Williams and Melissa are in love, she is loved by miserly octogenarian Cyrus Kimball, whose crabbiness Melissa dissipates. When Melissa reads in the newspaper that Mrs. Sanders, a society lady, has offered to give clothes to a deserving girl, she writes a letter requesting a party dress for herself and a new coat for Jethro for the annual revival meeting. Mrs. Sanders visits and her husband recognizes Jethro as a fugitive wanted for murder. When deputy sheriff Sam Allison goes to arrest Jethro, Melissa gets help from the Watts faction, and a battle ensues. After Jethro is killed trying to stop the fighting, his innocence is confirmed, and the feuding families reconcile. Melissa thanks God that Jethro never knew that he was under suspicion.
IMDB:tt0125397