Melissa of the Hills
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.
Directed by James Kirkwood · Written by Maibelle Heikes Justice
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Mary Miles Minter Melissa Stark -
Spottiswoode Aitken Jethro Stark -
Allan Forrest Tom Williams -
George Periolat Cyrus Kimball -
John Gough Larry Watts -
Anne Schaefer Sally Smith - Perry Banks Dr. Brand
- Gertrude Le Brandt Mrs. Sanders
- Harry Clark Cutler Sanders
- Frank Thompson Sam Allison
- Emma Kluge Mrs. Watts
- R.J. Hand Grandpa Allison
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