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''Lovely Mary'' is a 1916 silent
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As detailed in film magazines, the film is set in the Florida Everglades in 1901, at which point state law permitted citizens to employ convicts. Mary Lane (Minter) is the last female heir of a southern family, whose inheritance consists of a plot of land. Manning and Dempster, representatives of competing real estate firms, bid to buy this land. Dempster schemes to buy the land at a price far below its worth, and when a neighbour discovers, Dempster shoots the neighbour and frames Manning for the crime. Manning is found guilty and sentenced to hard labour.
Mary, who has fallen in love with Manning and does not believe him to be guilty, convinces the governor to let her employ him on her estate. Meanwhile, a fight between Dempster and a witness to the murder, and a dying confession, result in the evidence of Manning's innocence. The film ends with Manning's release, his marriage to Mary, and the promise of their happy future on the plot of land, which they have decided to keep.
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by Edgar Jones (actor)
Edgar Jones (June 17, 1874 – February 7, 1958) also known as Ed Jones and as "Pardner" Jones, was an American actor, producer, and director of films. He starred in and directed the adaptation of Mildred Mason's '' The Gold in the Crock''. ...
and starring Mary Miles Minter
Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902Louisiana Birth Certificate, Caddo Parish, No. 119, Book A, Page 97, Birth Date: April 25, 1902, Name: Mary M. Reilly ic – Original Caddo birth record was recorded as "J.H. Riley's Child" ...
. As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Lovely Mary''/ref>
Plot
As detailed in film magazines, the film is set in the Florida Everglades in 1901, at which point state law permitted citizens to employ convicts. Mary Lane (Minter) is the last female heir of a southern family, whose inheritance consists of a plot of land. Manning and Dempster, representatives of competing real estate firms, bid to buy this land. Dempster schemes to buy the land at a price far below its worth, and when a neighbour discovers, Dempster shoots the neighbour and frames Manning for the crime. Manning is found guilty and sentenced to hard labour.
Mary, who has fallen in love with Manning and does not believe him to be guilty, convinces the governor to let her employ him on her estate. Meanwhile, a fight between Dempster and a witness to the murder, and a dying confession, result in the evidence of Manning's innocence. The film ends with Manning's release, his marriage to Mary, and the promise of their happy future on the plot of land, which they have decided to keep.
Cast
*Mary Miles Minter
Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902Louisiana Birth Certificate, Caddo Parish, No. 119, Book A, Page 97, Birth Date: April 25, 1902, Name: Mary M. Reilly ic – Original Caddo birth record was recorded as "J.H. Riley's Child" ...
- Mary Lane
* Frank DeVernon - Claiborne Ogilvie Lane
* Russell Simpson - Peter Nelson
* Schuyler Ladd - Oscar Nelson
* Ferdinand Tidmarsh - Wade Dempster
* Myra Brooks - Aunt Becky
* Harry Blakemore - Uncle Joe
* Thomas Carrigan
Thomas Carrigan (April 13, 1886 in Lapeer - October 2, 1941) was an actor who starred in silent films in the U.S. He appeared in early Selig films and played dime store novel detective character Nick Carter (literary character), Nick Carter i ...
- Ronald Manning
References
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* 1916 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1916 drama films Films shot in Florida Metro Pictures films Films directed by Edgar Jones 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub