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Melissa of the Hills

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Calorie Rating: 70
Released: 1917-07-23
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Studios: American Film Company,


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 / Directors

Charley Rogers
Assistant Director


Cast

Mary Miles Minter
Character: Melissa Stark
Spottiswoode Aitken
Character: Jethro Stark
Allan Forrest
Character: Tom Williams

George Periolat
Character: Cyrus Kimball
John Gough
Character: Larry Watts
Anne Schaefer
Character: Sally Smith

Perry Banks
Character: Dr. Brand
Gertrude Le Brandt
Character: Mrs. Sanders
Harry Clark
Character: Cutler Sanders

Frank Thompson
Character: Sam Allison
Emma Kluge
Character: Mrs. Watts
R.J. Hand
Character: Grandpa Allison

Judge Page
Character: Grandpa Watts


Production and Crew