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A Mormon Maid

191768 minUnited States
Drama

Synopsis

Dora's family joins a Mormon wagon train traveling toward Utah. She is pursued by a young convert and an elder determined to make her another of his wives. The family's growing distress and the elder's coercion force her to resist the future he has chosen for her.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
68:24
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Robert Z. Leonard · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsRobert Z. Leonard

Historical context

The melodrama uses anti-Mormon fears and a sensational treatment of polygamy to construct its threat. It reflects hostile representations circulating in early American cinema rather than an impartial account of the community.

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