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.

Released

1917-07-23

Genres

Drama

Runtime

50 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

James Kirkwood

TMDB rating

8.0/10 from 1 votes