Melissa of the Hills (1917)
Melissa 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.
Year
1917
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
23 July 1917
TMDB
8.0 (1)
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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
J
Judge Page
Grandpa Watts
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