Mountain Dew (1917)
58 mins | Comedy-drama | 16 September 1917
Director:
Thomas N. HeffronWriters:
Julien Josephson, Monte M. KatterjohnProduction Company:
Triangle Film Corp.Prior to filming, actress Margery Wilson signed a three-year contract with Triangle Film Corp., as stated in the 14 July 1917 Motion Picture News. The start of principal photography on her first starring vehicle for the company was reported in the 25 July 1917 and 1 August 1917 issues of New York Clipper. The production spent two weeks on location in Felton, CA, before returning to Triangle Studios in Culver City, CA. Later that month, the 22 August 1917 edition announced that the unnamed project had been given the official title, Mountain Dew.
The completion of filming was reported in the 1 September 1917 Motion Picture News. A general release followed on 16 September 1917. While reviews in the 20 September 1917 Wid’s and 29 September 1917 Motion Picture News were dominated by complaints about African-American actor Thomas Washington, whose character registered terror at the slightest provocation, the 19 September 1917 New York Clipper claimed that he possessed a “commendable naturalness.”
The scenario was adapted as a short story by Grace Ade for the October 1917 Photo-Play Journal.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
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Prior to filming, actress Margery Wilson signed a three-year contract with Triangle Film Corp., as stated in the 14 July 1917 Motion Picture News. The start of principal photography on her first starring vehicle for the company was reported in the 25 July 1917 and 1 August 1917 issues of New York Clipper. The production spent two weeks on location in Felton, CA, before returning to Triangle Studios in Culver City, CA. Later that month, the 22 August 1917 edition announced that the unnamed project had been given the official title, Mountain Dew.
The completion of filming was reported in the 1 September 1917 Motion Picture News. A general release followed on 16 September 1917. While reviews in the 20 September 1917 Wid’s and 29 September 1917 Motion Picture News were dominated by complaints about African-American actor Thomas Washington, whose character registered terror at the slightest provocation, the 19 September 1917 New York Clipper claimed that he possessed a “commendable naturalness.”
The scenario was adapted as a short story by Grace Ade for the October 1917 Photo-Play Journal.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Magazine writer J. Hamilton Vance travels to the mountains of Kentucky to find new material for his stories, and falls in love with Roxie Bradley, the daughter of a moonshiner. Regarded at first with suspicion by the mountaineers, Hamilton finally wins their confidence and is hired to teach in the local schoolhouse. The former teacher resents the intrusion and attempts to shoot Hamilton through the schoolhouse window, but Roxie intercepts the bullet. Hamilton nurses her back to health, engendering the jealousy of Lily Bud Raines, who starts a rumor that the teacher is a federal agent spying on the moonshiners. While the mountaineers plan an attack on Hamilton, he and Roxie are married. He then appeases his antagonists by becoming a partner in their illegal ...
Magazine writer J. Hamilton Vance travels to the mountains of Kentucky to find new material for his stories, and falls in love with Roxie Bradley, the daughter of a moonshiner. Regarded at first with suspicion by the mountaineers, Hamilton finally wins their confidence and is hired to teach in the local schoolhouse. The former teacher resents the intrusion and attempts to shoot Hamilton through the schoolhouse window, but Roxie intercepts the bullet. Hamilton nurses her back to health, engendering the jealousy of Lily Bud Raines, who starts a rumor that the teacher is a federal agent spying on the moonshiners. While the mountaineers plan an attack on Hamilton, he and Roxie are married. He then appeases his antagonists by becoming a partner in their illegal distillery.
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