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Sunday, May 13, 2012

A Mormon Maid (1917)

Writers: Charles Sarver, Paul West (story)

Stars: Mae Murray, Frank Borzage and Hobart Bosworth

Genres: Drama | History

This silent melodrama is ready against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young lady, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They be part of the wagon train. Dora is pursued by 2 men, one a recent convert, the opposite a scheming elder with a stable of wives. The Mormon elder needs her in his harem. When the mother kills herself from revulsion toward polygamy, the daughter should take into account her own future and also the man she loves. one amongst Mae Murray's few surviving films, this was supposed by Robert Leonard to be a thoughtful drama regarding the products and evils of Mormonism, however nowadays it's usually thought of pure anti-Mormon propaganda.