A Mormon Maid 1917
A Mormon Maid
This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They join the wagon train. Dora is pursued by two men, one a recent convert, the other a scheming elder with a stable of wives. The Mormon elder wants her in his harem. When the mother kills herself from revulsion toward polygamy, the daughter must consider her own future and the man she loves. One of Mae Murray's few surviving films, this was intended by Robert Leonard to be a thoughtful drama about the goods and evils of Mormonism, but today it is generally considered pure anti-Mormon propaganda.
This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They join the wagon train. Dora is pursued by two men, one a recent convert, the other a scheming elder with a stable of wives. The Mormon elder wants her in his harem. When the mother kills herself from revulsion toward polygamy, the daughter must consider her own future and the man she loves. One of Mae Murray's few surviving films, this was intended by Robert Leonard to be a thoughtful drama about the goods and evils of Mormonism, but today it is generally considered pure anti-Mormon propaganda.
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Full Cast & Crew... Dora
... Tom Rigdon
... John Hogue
... Nancy Hogue
... Darius Burr
... Lion of the Lord
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Release Date:
Apr 21, 1917 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 8`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
A Mormon Maid
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Dora
... Tom Rigdon
... John Hogue
... Nancy Hogue
... Darius Burr
... Lion of the Lord