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.
Director: James Kirkwood
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Mary Miles Minter as Melissa Stark |
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Spottiswoode Aitken as Jethro Stark |
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Allan Forrest as Tom Williams |
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George Periolat as Cyrus Kimball |
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John Gough as Larry Watts |
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Anne Schaefer as Sally Smith |
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Perry Banks as Dr. Brand |
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Gertrude Le Brandt as Mrs. Sanders |
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Harry Clark as Cutler Sanders |
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Frank Thompson as Sam Allison |
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Emma Kluge as Mrs. Watts |
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R.J. Hand as Grandpa Allison |
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Judge Page as Grandpa Watts |
| Directing | James Kirkwood | Director |
| Writing | Maibelle Heikes Justice | Writer |
| Directing | Charley Rogers | Assistant Director |
