The read
It runs a compact 50m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- James KirkwoodDirector
- Maibelle Heikes JusticeWriter
Cast
- Mary Miles MinterMelissa Stark
- Spottiswoode AitkenJethro Stark
- Allan ForrestTom Williams
- George PeriolatCyrus Kimball
- John GoughLarry Watts
- Anne SchaeferSally Smith
- Perry BanksDr. Brand
- Gertrude Le BrandtMrs. Sanders
- Harry ClarkCutler Sanders
- Frank ThompsonSam Allison
- Emma KlugeMrs. Watts
- R.J. HandGrandpa Allison
Themes
lost film