Film

A Mormon Maid

1917 · 1h 8m · History · Drama

IMDb

5.8

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.

Mae Murray

Dora

Frank Borzage

Tom Rigdon

Hobart Bosworth

John Hogue

Edythe Chapman

Nancy Hogue

Noah Beery

Darius Burr

Richard Cummings

Lion of the Lord

• Robert Z. LeonardDirector
• Charles SarverWriter
• Paul WestStory
• Charles RosherDirector of Photography

A Mormon Maid (1917)

Release date

April 21, 1917

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

History, Drama

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