The Courtin' of Calliope Clew

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The Courtin' of Calliope Clew (1916)

Directed by Frank Borzage

“This number will be enjoyed because of the thoroly human element which permits it. The story follows the fortunes of a Puritan maid in her travels in a prairie wagon over the plains.”

Drama · 20m

Dr. Charles Matthews, professor of philosophy in a small New England college, is dismissed, and though heartbroken he and his daughter, Prudence, start in a prairie schooner for the west. At St. Jo, which in 1850 was the outfitting point for the great west, they meet Calliope, so named because of the vast carrying quality of his lungs. He accompanies them on their journey. On the way west, it falls to Calliope's lot to do them many little services, which, on account of the native modesty of Pru and the innate manhood of Calliope, are necessarily surreptitious.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Frank Borzage
Director of Photography
L. Guy Wilky

Details

Release date
1916-08-11
Runtime
20m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
American Film Manufacturing Company