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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.

Top Cast

  • Mary Miles Minter

    Mary Miles Minter

    Melissa Stark

  • Spottiswoode Aitken

    Spottiswoode Aitken

    Jethro Stark

  • Allan Forrest

    Allan Forrest

    Tom Williams

  • George Periolat

    George Periolat

    Cyrus Kimball

  • John Gough

    John Gough

    Larry Watts

  • Anne Schaefer

    Anne Schaefer

    Sally Smith

  • Perry Banks

    Perry Banks

    Dr. Brand

  • Gertrude Le Brandt

    Gertrude Le Brandt

    Mrs. Sanders

  • Harry Clark

    Harry Clark

    Cutler Sanders

Overview

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.

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