A Mormon Maid

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A Mormon Maid (1917)

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard

History, Drama · 1h 08m

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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Cast

Mae Murray Dora Frank Borzage Tom Rigdon Hobart Bosworth John Hogue Edythe Chapman Nancy Hogue Noah Beery Darius Burr
R
Richard Cummings Lion of the Lord

Crew

Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Writer
Charles Sarver
Director of Photography
Charles Rosher

Details

Release date
1917-04-21
Runtime
1h 08m
Genres
History, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company